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1. Philhellenism

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   | Hadrian | Establishment of the Panhellenion | Sculptures of Antinous in the style of Praxiteles |
   | Nero | Participation in the Olympic Games (67 CE) | Wrote 1,094 verses of hexameter poetry in one sitting |
   | Sulla | Removal of the Delphic Chresmologos | Transfer of the Oracle of Delphi's administrative …

2. Timeline

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   Chronographic Foundations
   The earliest systematic attempt to create a universal framework for sequencing events is attributed to Eratosthenes of Cyrene. His Chronographies ($\mathrm{X}\rho o\nu o\gamma \rho \alpha \varphi \iota \alpha \iota$) established the standard for synchronizing disparate cultural records by fixing the epochal event of the first recorded Ancient Olympic Games as the zero-point of historical reckoning [2]. This system relied heavily on stellar parallax measurements …