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Most ancient non-muggle events or persons mentioned in Harry Potter?


What's the most ancient non-muggle event or person ever mentioned in the Harry Potter series? How far back in history do references go? I know that Merlin is mentioned... any further back?



Answer




Note that anyone mentioned as Video Game canon is from the Famous Wizard Chocolate Frog Cards from the games.




  • (Video Games canon) Goliath was (in HP universe) a Giant mercenary. David was born around c. 1040 BC (Wiki) so Goliath was born even earlier.




  • (Book and Movie canon) Sign at Ollivanders Wand Shop, in Diagon Alley; "Makers of Fine Wands since 382 B.C."




  • (Book canon - Fantastic Beasts) Harpo the Foul - the first wizard known to both create a Horcrux and hatch a Basilisk. He lived in Ancient Greece at unknown time (the Ancient Greek time period officially ends ~600AD); Basilisks in legend definitely precede 600AD by a large margin.





  • (Video Games canon) The following wizards were also from Ancient Greece, dates unknown:




    • Mopsus the seer




    • Falco Aesalon: was the first recorded Animagus.





    • Andros the Invincible: Alleged to have been the only known wizard to produce a Patronus the size of a giant.






  • Then there's a bunch of 0-1000 AD references, from 79 AD warlock dancing in Mt. Vesuvius to ~990 AD Hogwarts founding




Please note that these ALL precede Merlin, who was mentioned to have attended Hogwarts - sourced from Wikia, so not sure of canonicity.



Also, see the Timeline in HP Lexicon.


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