1700s

1715 Alexander Pope, first volume of The Iliad of Homer (cf. Figure 2.3)

1737 Licensing Act: theatrical censorship; limited spoken drama to Theatres Royal (Drury Lane and Covent Garden)

1770s

1772 Thomas Bridges, A Burlesque Translation of Homer

1775 Robert Wood, An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Homer (including map which did not mark Troy)

1776 Edward Gibbon, first volume of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

1787 M.G.A.F. Choiseul-Gouffier excavates ‘Achilles’ tomb’

1780s

1788 John Lempriere, A Classical Dictionary (features in Figure 4.6)

1788 Thomas Watkins asserts both springs of the Scamander (cf. Figures 2.8 and 2.9) are cold

1790s

1791 Jean-Baptise Lechevalier, Description of the Plain of Troy: located Troy at Bunarbashi (Figure 2.7)

1795 Friedrich AugustusWolf, Prolegomena

1795 Jacob Bryant, Observations upon a Treatise entitled A Description of the Plain of Troy (cf. Figure 2.4)

1796 Benjamin West's first Marius on the Ruins of Carthage

1798 John Morritt, A Vindication of Homer

1800s

1804 William Gell, The topography of Troy (cf. Figures 2.9 and 2.13)

1805 John Flaxman, The Iliad of Homer

1808 Napoleon awards a Gold Medal to John Vanderlyn, Marius Viewing the Ruins of Carthage (Figure 5.5)

1810s

1810 S. D. Mirys, Histoire de la Republique Romaine (cf. Figure 5.4)

1812 Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

1813 John Chetwode Eustace, A Tour through Italy

1815 Duke of Wellington with Anglo-Allied army defeats Napoleon at the Battle ofWaterloo

1816 Edward Daniel Clarke, Travels in Various Countries (cf. Figure 2.8)

1817 J. M. W. Turner, Decline of the Carthaginian Empire (Figure 5.6)

1819 Thomas Dibdin, Melodrama Mad! or, the Siege of Troy, Surrey Theatre

1819 John Burneybusby, The Siege of Troy,Westminster School

1819 Felicia Hemans, Tales, and Historic Scenes

1819 Birth of Princess Victoria

1820s

1820 George III is succeeded by George IV

1822 CharlesMaclaren, Dissertation of the Topography of the Plain of Troy (asserts Hisarlik as site of Troy)

1828 John Martin, Marius Mourning the Ruins of Carthage (Figure 5.7)