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| Gallic Wars and the conquest of northern Italy |
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| First Macedonian War. The romans, with the aetolian league fight against the Macedonians. |
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| New coinage system Based on the denarius. It's worth 10, and later 16 bronze asses. The fractions were quinarius (half) and sesterius (quarter). It was the equivalent of a greek drachma. |
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| The Aetolians conclue a separate peace with Philip V. |
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| The romans are forced to conclude a separate peace with Prince Phoenice |
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| Philip V's campaign in the Aegean Sea |
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| The Romans and Attalus I of Pergamum defend Athens and the Piraeus against Philip V. |
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| Second Macedonian war, Philip V, against a coalition composed of Rome, Egypt Pergamum (Attalus I), Rhodes, Byzantium and the Aetolian League. |
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| Year of the tribunate and of the Death of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, assassinated by some members of the senate. |
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| Death of Scipio Aemilianus |
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| Two Successive tribunates of Gaius Sempronius Gracchus |
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| Death of Gaius Sempronius Gracchus who, surrounded by his enemies, commit suicide. |
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| Creation of the Province of Narbonese Gaul |
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| War against Cimbri and the Teutones |
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| Social War (Italian War/War of the allies) |
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| Slave Revolt in Italy and Sicily led by Spartacus |
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| Pompey's War against the pirates (Lasted Three months) |
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| Pompey's Settlement in the east |
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| Consulship of Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) and Conspiracy of Catilina (Lucius Sergius Catilina ) |
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| Caesar returns from his governorship of further Spain. |
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| With the help of Crassus and Pompey, Caesar is elected Consul. Creation of the first triumvirate |
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| 60 triuvirate/59 year of consul BC |
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| Cicero is Banished due to the actions of the tribune of the people P. Claudius. |
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| In Luca (Liguria), the first triumvirate is renewed. Crassus and Pompey stand for the consulship and thereafter become governor of Syria with the right to wage war against Parthia and governor of the two Spains for five years. Caesar's proconsulship is renewed for 5 years. |
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| 56 (Renewal)/ 55 (Consulship) BC |
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| Defeat and death of Crassus near Carrae |
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| In Rome death of Clodius in a brawl against the partisans of Milo. Pompey is designated as sole consul to restore order. |
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| Caesar's second consulship |
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| Caesarian victory @ Thapsos/Thapsus in North Africa and the suicide of Cato. |
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| 46 (Effectively the end of the Civil War) BC |
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| By decision of the senate, Caesar obtains dictatorship for life. A move totally incompatible in the old republican system. |
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| Octavio Accepts Caesar's legacy (May). Mark Antony, Lepidus & Octavian. The second triumvirate. Restoration of the roman state (November) |
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| Deification of Caesar. Temple Erected. Octavian starts calling himself the son of a god. Also, battle of Philippi; death and defeat of Brutus and Cassius. |
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| Perusine War; Octavian fights with Fulvia & Luciu Atonius (Claudia's Parents). Perusia is captured by Agrippa. Octavian divorced Claudia and marries Scribonia. |
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| Treaty of Brundisium & Redistribution of provinces among Triumvirs. |
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| Mark Antony marries Octavia (Octavian's sister) |
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| Battle of Actium (Coast of Acarnania) Defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. |
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| Octavian enters in Alexandria; murder of Caesarion, Suicide of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. |
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| Augustus' Death; Tiberius' Succession. |
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| Claudius (Uncle of Caligula) is found and Saluted as emperor-Death |
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| Revolt of Gaul in Vindex. Defeated by the governor of upper Germany. |
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| Year of the four emperors. |
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| Titus burns and Captures Jerusalem. |
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| Death of Vespasian, Titus' Reign |
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| Nerva's Reign-Fever Death |
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| Trajan Jewish revolt ends, Trajan Dies of a Stroke. |
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| Euboean Trading Post on Pithecusae |
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| Rome's Founding by First king Romulus |
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| Creation of the Greek Alphabet |
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| Phoenicians found Carthage |
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| Greeks begin to colonize southern Italy & Sicily |
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| As far as architecture, urbanization and institutions are concerned, Rome has become both a "City" and a state. |
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| Foundation of the republic. An aristocratic constitution is established. After the expulsion of Tarquinius Suberpus (Tarquin the Proud), rule by popular tyrants is abolished. |
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| First codification of Roman laws, Law of the 12 Tables. |
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| Defeat, capture, destruction of the Veii (Etruria). |
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| 396 BC This city had been Rome's Rival over the lower Tiber during the entire 5th century BC. |
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| Battle of the Allia River. Gauls defeat the Romans, they capture and destroy Rome. |
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| Pyrrhic Wars against Pyrrhus the king of Epirus. |
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| Tarentum falls to Rome, pays heavy war compensation and becomes a Roman ally. |
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| Truceless War of Carthage against her revolted mercenaries. The Romans add Sardinia and Corsica to their dominion. |
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Truceless War 241-238 BC
Sardinia 238 BC
Corsica 236 BC |
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| Gallic Wars & The conquest of northern Italy. |
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| Battle at Trebia river. A roman army commanded by Tiberius Sempronius Longus is nearly totally annihilated. The Po valley falls into Hannibal's hands. |
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| Battle at lake Trasimene, near Perusia. Another Roman army is destroyed and one consul (Gaius Flaminius) is killed. |
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| The first Macedonian war. |
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| The battle of Zama (Naragarra). Scipio's troops defeat Hannibal's army. |
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| Marcus Tullius Cicero's life. |
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| Death of Antonius Pius, Deified shortly thereafter. Marcus Aurelius becomes emperor. |
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| Two new provinces start to be created beyond the Danube. Death of Marcus Aurelius. Commodus becomes emperor, he rapidly makes peace, abandons the newly annexed territories and returns to Rome where he celebrates a triumph in october. |
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| Commodus assassinated, commended damnatio memoriae and Pertinax is hailed emperor by the Senate. |
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| After escaping 2 coups, pertinax is killed my mutinous soldiers. |
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| Septimius Severus dies of gout at Eburacum |
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During his Parthian campaign, Caracalla is murdered near Carrhae in Mesopotamia.
Macrinus, the principal plotter has himself proclaimed emperor by the troops. He immediately puts an end to the Parthian war and returns with the army to Syria. |
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Elagalabus is proclaimed emperor by some of the troops.
Macrinus is defeated in a battle near Antioch, captured and executed. |
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| Elagalabus is assassinated and Alexander is proclaimed emperor. |
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| Alexander, wintering in Germany, is murdered with his mother, Julia Mamaea, by the equestrian commander Maximius. |
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| Roman Defeat at the Battle of Cannae |
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