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This timeline explores the history of homosexuality from 25 BCE to the 18th century, highlighting key moments and cultural shifts. It covers the first recorded gay couple in ancient Egypt, the acceptance of same-sex relationships in Greek and Roman societies, the influence of notable figures like Sappho and Plato, and the impact of religious authorities on homosexual rights. The timeline reflects how societal views have evolved, from acceptance in ancient civilizations to persecution in later periods, ultimately leading to new legal codes in the modern age.
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Time Line By Meaghan Kent Language Arts class 2
25th century BCE • 25 BCE – a fifth dynasty Egyptian tomb is built to the first recorded gay couple, Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum
7th century BCE • 630 BCE - Dorian nobles allow formal relations between older princes and young boys • Meant to teach young boys and to restrain population growth • 600 BCE – Sappho, an ancient Greek poet, writes famous love poems to young females • She came from Lesbos which then created inspiration for the term lesbian
5th century BCE • 425 BCE – 388 BCE – a series made by Aristophanes to ridicule hustlers and drag queens (cross dressers) • The Greeks were fine with homosexuality but when it came to men with womanly features or men who dressed like women theses people were casted out
4th BCE • 385 BCE – Plato wrote The Symposium, a text in which discusses nature of love and the nature of knowledge. • This text argues that love between two males is the best and that having sex with a woman is the only means of reproduction. • 350 BCE – Plato now says that homosexuality is bad because it does not further humanity
4th BCE continued • 338 BCE – The Sacred Band of Thebes, an undefeated brigade made of 150 gay couples, is destroyed by Phillip the 2nd of Macedon who mourns their loss • 326 BCE – Alexander the Great, who might have been bisexual, finishing the conquest of the known Western world • Which launched the Hellenistic Age where many people converted to a Hellenistic culture (which approved of homosexuality)
1st BCE • 80 BCE – Julius Caesar has a love affair with King Nicomedes the 4th of Bithynia • 27 BCE – the Roman Empire starts their reign with Augustus. Where the first same-sex marriages ever recorded. • Roman (like the Greeks) approved of homosexuality
4th century • 305 – Council of Elvira represents the Western European Church (allows homosexuals right to Communion) • 390 – three Christian emperors declare that homosexuality is illegal • Those who were caught were burned in public
5th century to 6th century • 498 – even through homosexuality was illegal, the Christian emperors still collected tax on male prostitution • 589 – the Visigoth kingdom in Spain change religion • Which caused the prosecution of homophiles and Jews
9th century to 12th century • 800-900 – while the Carolingian Renaissance was going on an abbot, or father, wrote love poems to other monks even through the Church condemned homosexuality • 1102 – the Council of London made sure that the English public knew that homosexual relations were sinful
15th century to 16th century • 1476 – Leonardo Da Vinci was charged with sodomy but no verdict was ever made in his trial • 1533 – Mary Tudor is upon the English throne and abolishes laws that king Henry the 8th made (gay activities punishable by law)
18th century • 1791 – Revolutionary France adopts a new penal code which allows sodomy • 1794 – the kingdom of Persia gets rid of the death sentence for sodomy • 1795 – Luxembourg and Tuscany allow homosexual acts
