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Vampire Timeline 1 - Timeline Help
Vampire Timeline part 1 of 5 from 5000 BCE to 1462 at Timeline Help. Mythological reanimated corpses or extortionist persons who feed themselves on the blood of human beings. The name is derivated and modified in time from the Serbo-Croatian word vāmpir.
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- 1462 | The Mediterranean Basin becomes the base of vampirism in the ancient world.
The Tomb of the Vampire is built in Giza, Egypt.
It is reputed that Jesus healed vampires in the city of Capernaum.
Longinus, Emperor of Rome, is reputedly bitten by a vampire gladiator he admired and became one of the undead. The Praetorian Guard took it upon themselves to dispatch the vampires in Rome, including the Emperor.
Charlemagne fights and defeats the vampire Quadilla.
The word upir makes its first appearance to refer to a Russian prince as Upir Lichy, meaning wicked vampire.
The First Crusade to the Holy Land expels vampires from Jerusalem.
De Nagis Curialium by Walter Map contains accounts of vampire-like creatures in England.
William of Newburgh records several tales of vampire-like spirits in England in his Chronicles.
Vlad Tepes, the son of Vlad Dracul, also known as Vlad the Impaler, is born. In this region, Dracul means dragon, and Dracula means son of the dragon.
Vlad Tepes is imprisoned by the Turks along with his father.
Vlad Dracul is beheaded.
Vlad Tepes gains the title Prince of Wallachia. He briefly takes the Wallachian throne. Once he is removed, he travels to Moldavia.
Vlad Tepes flees to Transylvania.
Vlad Tepes regains the Wallachian throne with the help of John Hunyadi.
Dracula's castle is rebuilt. Easter massacre of Boyers.
After a large battle at Dracula's castle, Vlad retreats to Transylvania and begins 13 years of imprisonment.
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Bibliography of Vampire Timeline 1
Bartlett, W and Idriceanu, F (2006). Legends of Blood. Vampire History and Myth. Melton, J (1998). Encyclopedia of the Undead.
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