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The First Punic War
Definition
264-241BC
Term
Mamertine appeal to Rome/Carthage
Definition
265BC
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Philinus
Definition
Wrote history of the 1st Punic, criticized Rome for treaty-breaking
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Rome-Carthage treaties
Definition
508-507BC, 348BC, 279-278BC
Term
Hiero II of Syracuse
Definition
308-215BC
Term
Roman peace w/ Syracuse
Definition
248BC
Term
Battle of Agrigentum
Definition
261 BC. consuls L Postumius Megellus/Q. Mamilius Vitulus take city from Hannibal/Hanno.
Term
Marcus Atilius Regulus
Definition
Consul 267BC. led the Roman campaign into Africa.
Term
Xanthippus (1st Punic)
Definition
Spartan advisor to Carthage, helped utilize elephants.
Term
Battle of Tunis
Definition
255BC. Romans under Regulus clash with Xanthippus/Carthage. Carthaginian win, most effective use of elephants
Term
Hamilcar Barca
Definition
275BC-228BC (died fighting in Spain)
Term
Battle of Ecnomus
Definition
256BC. Involved more people than any other sea battle in history. Regulus & L Manlius Vulso consuls vs. Hamilcar/Hanno. Effective use of the "corvus."
Term
Cn. Cornelius Scipio
Definition
cos. 254BC. captured during unsuccessful attempt on Lipara in 260, later led victorious assault on Panormus in 254.
Term
Battle of Drepana
Definition
249BC Naval disaster for Rome. P. Claudius Pulcher (cos. 249BC)
Term
Battle of Aegates Islands
Definition
241BC Decisive battle of 1st Punic. C. Lutatius Catulus (cos. 242) vs. Hamilcar.
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Augustus
Definition
31 BC-14 AD
Term
Tiberius
Definition
14-37 AD
Term
Caligula
Definition
37-41 AD
Term
Claudius
Definition
41-54 AD
Term
Nero
Definition
54-68 AD
Term
Vespasian
Definition
70-79 AD
Term
Domitian
Definition
81-96 AD
Term
Nerva
Definition
96-98 AD
Term
Trajan
Definition
98-117 AD
Term
Battle of Actium
Definition
31 BC. Augustus/Agrippa def. Antony/Cleopatra. End of the Hellenistic Age
Term
Triple Triumph/Janus doors closed
Definition
29 BC
Term
Return of Parthian Standards
Definition
20 BC
Term
Start or moral legislation
Definition
18 BC
Term
Death of Lepidus
Definition
13 BC. Augustus becomes pontifex maximus
Term
Death of Agrippa
Definition
12 BC
Term
Adoption of Tiberius
Definition
4 AD
Term
Varus Disaster
Definition
9 AD
Term
Germanicus' Triumph
Definition
17 AD
Term
Death of Germanicus
Definition
19 AD
Term
Death of Livia
Definition
30 AD
Term
Fall of Sejanus
Definition
31 AD
Term
The British "Campaign"
Definition
40 AD
Term
Assassination of Caligula
Definition
41 AD
Term
Invasion of Britain (Claudius)
Definition
43 AD
Term
Reform of Senate Lists (Claudius)
Definition
47 AD
Term
Adoption of Nero
Definition
50 AD
Term
Muder of Agrippina
Definition
59 AD
Term
Boudiccan Revolt
Definition
61 AD
Term
Death of Burrus
Definition
62 AD
Term
Pisonian Conspiracy
Definition
65 AD. Death of Seneca, Lucan
Term
Great Fire of Rome
Definition
64 AD
Term
Death of Petronius, Thrasea Paetus
Definition
66 AD
Term
Nero in Greece
Definition
67 AD
Term
Revolt of Vindex
Definition
68 AD
Term
Galba in Revolt
Definition
68 AD
Term
Year of the Four Emperors
Definition
68-69 AD. Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian.
Term
Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Definition
31 BC-68 AD.
Term
Flavian Dynasty
Definition
69-96 AD
Term
Construction begins on Colosseum
Definition
72 AD
Term
Galba Emperor
Definition
69 AD
Term
Death of Nero
Definition
68 AD
Term
German Legions revolt for Vitellius
Definition
69 AD
Term
Death of Galba
Definition
69 AD
Term
Otho Emperor
Definition
69 AD
Term
Battle of Cremona (Otho)
Definition
69 AD
Term
Otho commits suicide
Definition
69 AD
Term
Vespasian declared Emperor in Egypt.
Definition
69 AD
Term
Siege/capture of Jerusalem
Definition
70 AD
Term
Eruption of Vesuvius
Definition
79 AD
Term
Opening of Colosseum
Definition
80 AD
Term
War against Chatti (Germany, Domitian)
Definition
83 AD
Term
First Battle of Tapae (Dacia)
Definition
87 AD
Term
Senate declared Nerva Emperor
Definition
96 AD
Term
Adoption/Consualte of Trajan
Definition
98 AD
Term
Dacian Wars
Definition
101-102, 105-106 AD
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War Against Parthia (Trajan)
Definition
113-117 AD. Trajan dies ill on campaign
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Adoption of Hadrian
Definition
117 AD
Term
2nd Punic War
Definition
218-201BC.
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Hannibal crosses the Alps
Definition
218 BC
Term
Battle of Lake Trasimene
Definition
217 BC. Death of cons. Gaius Flaminius
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Battle of Trebia
Definition
218 BC. (Romans led by Tiberius Sempronius Longus)
Term
Q. Fabius Maximus dictator
Definition
217 BC
Term
Battle of Cannae
Definition
216 BC. (Death of cons. L. Aemilius Paullus, Disgrace of G. Terentius Varro)
Term
Letter from Philip V, Start of First Macedonian War
Definition
214 BC
Term
Scipio captures New Carthage (Spain)
Definition
209 BC
Term
Scipio sent to Spain
Definition
210 BC
Term
Battle of Ilipa (Spain)
Definition
206 BC. Scipio breaks the Carthaginian hold on Iberia
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Battle of Metaurus
Definition
207 BC. G. Claudius Nero reinforces M. Livius Salinator, Killing Hasdrubal and intercepting Hannibal's reinforcements.
Term
Battle of Baecula (Spain)
Definition
208 BC. Scipio routs Hasdrubal, forces him out of Spain
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Battle of Zama
Definition
202 BC. Scipio defeats Hannibal in Africa
Term
2nd Battle of Capua (Roman Siege)
Definition
211 BC
Term
Defection of Capua
Definition
216 BC. After Cannae
Term
1st Macedonian War
Definition
214-205 BC
Term
2nd Macedonian War
Definition
200-196 BC
Term
Roman-Syrian War
Definition
192-188 BC
Term
3rd Macedonian War
Definition
172-168 BC
Term
4th Macedonian War/Revolt of Andriscus
Definition
150-148 BC
Term
Peace at Phoenice
Definition
205 BC. Rome managed to keep Philip out of 2nd Punic War
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Rhodes/Pergamon ask Rome for help against Philip V
Definition
201 BC
Term
Battle of Cynoscephalae
Definition
197 BC. T. Quinctius Flaminius defeated Philip V. Decisive battle.
Term
Battle of Thermopylae (Roman-Syrian War)
Definition
191 BC. Manius Acilius Glabrio defeated Antiochus III the Great
Term
Battle of Eurymedon (Roman-Syrian War)
Definition
190 BC. Romans/Rhodinians defeat the Seleucid force under the command of Hannibal
Term
Battle of Magnesia
Definition
190 BC. Rome defeated Antiochus III the Great
Term
Treaty of Apamea
Definition
188 BC. Antiochus III the Great surrendered to Rome
Term
Philip V dies, Perseus takes Macedonian throne
Definition
179 BC
Term
Battle of Callinicus
Definition
171 BC. Perseus defeats Romans under Publius Licinius Crassus
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Battle of Pydna
Definition
168 BC. Romans, under Lucius Aemilius Paullus, win a decisive victory over Perseus.
Term
Polybius brought to Rome
Definition
168 BC. After Perseus' defeat and surrender at Pydna
Term
Destruction of Corinth
Definition
146 BC
Term
Titus
Definition
79-81 AD
Term
Tiberius Gracchus
Definition
c.169-133 BC
Term
Tiberius Gracchus Tribune in the 3rd Punic War
Definition
149-146 BC
Term
Tiberius Gracchus Quaestor to Consul C. Hostilius Mancinus
Definition
137 BC
Term
Tiberius Gracchus Tribunate
Definition
133 BC
Term
Tiberius Gracchus Assassination
Definition
133 BC
Term
Gaius Gracchus
Definition
154-121 BC
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Gaius Gracchus Sat on T. Gracchus' land commission
Definition
133 BC
Term
Gaius Gracchus Quaestor in Sardinia
Definition
126 BC
Term
Assassination
Definition
121 BC
Term
Antiochus III The Great
Definition
r. 222-187 BC
Term
3rd Punic War
Definition
149 - 146 BC
Term
Rome declares war because Carthage declred war against Numidia
Definition
149 BC
Term
Set backs under Manius Manilius & L. Marcius Censorius
Definition
149 BC. Both consuls. Army turned back, ships burned
Term
Scipio captures Nepheris
Definition
147 BC
Term
Calpurnius Piso replaced by Scipio Aemilianus
Definition
148 BC. After Piso's defeat at Aspis
Term
Siege of Carthage
Definition
149-146 BC
Term
Destruction of Carthage
Definition
146 BC.
Term
Macedonia becomes a province
Definition
146 BC.
Term
Africa becomes a province
Definition
146 BC.
Term
First Servile War
Definition
135-132 BC. Sicily. Led by Eunus & Cleon
Term
Second Servile War
Definition
104-100 BC. Sicily. Led by Athenion & Tryphon
Term
Third Servile War
Definition
73-71 BC. Led by Spartacus
Term
Capuan Revolt (3rd)
Definition
73 BC. Slaves from Capua revlt and take Mt. Vesuvius. Praetor C. Claudius Glaber def. Praetor Publius Varinius Def.
Term
Spartacus defeats the consular armies
Definition
72 BC. L. Gellius Publicola & Gn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus both defeater in Cisalpine Gaul
Term
Crassus takes control of the legions
Definition
71 BC.
Term
Battle of the Siler River
Definition
71 BC. Crassus defeats Spartacus, crucifies prisoners on Appain Way. Pompey executes 5,000 survivors
Term
Juguthine War.
Definition
112-106 BC
Term
Jugurtha
Definition
160-104 BC
Term
Jugurtha in Spain
Definition
133 BC. Marius also there.
Term
Jugurtha takes Cirta
Definition
112 BC
Term
Rome declares war on Jugurtha
Definition
111 BC. First command given to consul L. Calpurnius Bestia
Term
Jugurtha defeats Pr. Aulus Postumius Albinus
Definition
110 BC. Albinus was the brother of Consul Bestia
Term
Q. Caecilius Metellus Numidicus takes over
Definition
109 BC
Term
Marius elected consul, given Metellus' command by popular vote
Definition
107 BC
Term
Battle of the Muthul
Definition
108 BC. Metellus defeats Jugurtha. Marius shines as officer
Term
Bocchus I betrays Jugurtha to Sulla
Definition
105 BC
Term
Jugurtha killed in Marius' triumph
Definition
104 BC
Term
Cimbri & Teutoni arrive at Danube
Definition
113 BC
Term
Battle of Noreia
Definition
112 BC. Cimbri crush Gn. Paprius Carbo. Italy vulnerable, but the Cimbri turn West
Term
Cimbri defeat Marcus Iunius Silanus
Definition
109 BC. in Gallia Narbonensis
Term
Battle of Burdigala
Definition
107 BC. L. Cassius Longinus (cons. 107 BC) killed in ambush. Roman army leaves the field under the yoke
Term
Battle of Arausio
Definition
105 BC. Proconsul Q. Servilius Caepio attacks Cimbri without help from second consular army, was defeated. Other army under Gn. Mallius Maximus (cons. 105) also defeated. Largest Roman force assembled since Cannae, arguably greatest defeat in Roman history.
Term
Consulships of Gaius Marius
Definition
107 BC (Jugurtha), 104-100 BC (Cimbrian War), 86 BC (Civil War)
Term
Marian Reforms
Definition
104-102 BC. Lower census requirement, standing army, rise of the cohort, landgrants.
Term
Battle of Aquae Sextiae
Definition
102 BC. Marius defeats the Teutones, captures king Teutobod.
Term
Battle of Vercellae
Definition
101 BC. Marius defeats Cimbri, Sulla shines as officer. End of Cimbrian War
Term
Social War
Definition
90-88 BC. Marius (& Pompeius Strabo) in the North vs. Marsi, Sulla (& L. Iulius Caesar) in the South vs. Samnites.
Term
Defeats of Rutilius & Quintus Servilius Caepio
Definition
90 BC. Both killed in battle
Term
Failed reforms of Marcus Livius Drusus
Definition
91 BC. Wanted to grant citizenship to Roman Allies. Drusus assassinated, sparking Social War
Term
Lex Iulia de Civitate Latinis Danda
Definition
90 BC. Consul Lucius Iulius Caesar offered citizenship to all Italian communities who had not revolted, or those who would stop from revolting.
Term
First Mithridatic War
Definition
89-85 BC.
Term
Massacre of Romans in Asia
Definition
88 BC. 80,000 Romans killed (Appian)
Term
Sulla sieges/captures Athens
Definition
87-86 BC.
Term
Battle of Chaeronea (1st Mithridatic War)
Definition
86 BC. Sulla defeats Archelaus
Term
Battle of Orchomenus
Definition
85 BC. Sulla victorius, negotiates Peace of Dardanus with Mithridates to return to Rome & Marius
Term
Second Mithridatic War
Definition
83-81 BC. Lucius Licinius Murena invades Pontus, but is pushed back and ordered to make peace by Sulla.
Term
Third Mithridatic War
Definition
73-63 BC.
Term
Marcus Aurelius Cotta sacks Heraclea
Definition
71 BC. Later convicted of stealing war plunder.
Term
Battle of Tigranocerta
Definition
69 BC. Lucullus takes the city after a long siege.
Term
Battle of Artaxata
Definition
68 BC. Lucullus victorious, but Mithridates' escape and the continuation of the campaign lead to mutiny.
Term
Mutiny at Nisibis
Definition
68-67 BC. Lucullus' army, perhaps at the instigation of his brother-in-law and officer Publius Clodius Pulcher, revolts and he loses his command.
Term
Lex Manilia
Definition
66 BC. Lucullus' command transferred to Pompey
Term
Mithridates VI Eupater
Definition
134-63 BC. (r. 120-63 BC)
Term
Pharnaces stages coup, Mithridates commits suicide
Definition
63 BC. Pompey victorious in war
Term
*Battle of Zela
Definition
47 BC. Pharnaces routed by C. Iulius Caesar (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
Term
Sulla's First Civil War
Definition
88-87 BC.
Term
Sulla's first March on Rome
Definition
88 BC. Marius flees the city to Africa, Rufus mudered by one of his slaves
Term
Tribunates of Lucius Appuleius Saturninus
Definition
103, 100 BC. Set forth a maiestas law, and agrarian law (which gave newly acquired land North of the Po to Marian veterans), and a law lowering the price of grain. Elected to his 3rd Tribunate (for 99 BC) he was declred a public enemy, defeated by Marius, and stoned to death by aristocrats in the Curia.
Term
Mithridatic command transferred to Marius
Definition
88 BC. proposed by tribune P. Sulpicius Rufus
Term
Sulla's Second Civil War
Definition
83-82 BC.
Term
Marius and son retun to Rome, kill Gn. Octavius and others
Definition
86 BC. Marius and Cinna consuls for 86. (Marius' 7th)
Term
Sulla returns to Italy (Brundisium)
Definition
83 BC. Many support him, including Gn. Pompeius Magnus
Term
Death of Cinna
Definition
84 BC. Murdered in a mutiny
Term
Death of Marius
Definition
86 BC.
Term
Dominatio Cinnae
Definition
86-84 BC.
Term
Battle of Mt. Tifata
Definition
83 BC. Sulla victorious
Term
Sulla's Second March on Rome
Definition
82 BC
Term
Battle of the Colline Gate (Civil War)
Definition
82 BC. Sulla wins a victory that both ends the Civil War against his rivals and the ambitions of the Socii (Samnites).
Term
Pompey captures and executes Gn. Papirius Carbo
Definition
82 BC.
Term
War with Sertorius
Definition
77-71 BC. Murdered by Peperna.
Term
Sulla's dictatorship
Definition
82-81 BC.
Term
Death of Sulla
Definition
78 BC.
Term
Gaius Julius Caear
Definition
100-44 BC.
Term
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Definition
106-48 BC.
Term
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Definition
106-43 BC.
Term
1st Consulship of Pompey & Crassus
Definition
70 BC. Repeal of Sullan constitution (restoration of Tribunate)
Term
Pompey's campaignn against the pirates
Definition
67 BC. Lex Gabinia
Term
Consulship of Cicero
Definition
63 BC. Supression of Catilnarian Conspiracy
Term
First Triumvirate
Definition
59-53 BC. Renewal in 56 BC
Term
Consulship of Caesar
Definition
59 BC.
Term
Caesar's conquest of Gaul
Definition
58-51 BC.
Term
Battle of Carrhae
Definition
53 BC. Crassus killed by Parthians
Term
Second consulship of Pompey & Crassus
Definition
55 BC
Term
Third Consulship of Pompey
Definition
52 BC.
Term
Caesarian Civil War
Definition
49-45 BC.
Term
Caesar's dictatorship
Definition
46-44 BC.
Term
Assassination of Caesar
Definition
44 BC.
Term
Pompey's First Triumph
Definition
81 BC. (Social War)
Term
Pompey's Second Triumph
Definition
71 BC. (Sertorius)
Term
Pompey's Third Triumph
Definition
61 BC. (East)
Term
Dedication of the Theater of Pompey
Definition
55 BC.
Term
Pompey Marries Julia
Definition
59 BC.
Term
Death of Julia
Definition
54 BC.
Term
Death of Clodius/ Pro Milo
Definition
52 BC.
Term
Battle of Pharsalus
Definition
48 BC.
Term
Assassination of Pompey
Definition
48 BC.
Term
Pro Sex. Roscio Amerino
Definition
80 BC.
Term
Cicero in Athens & Rhodes
Definition
79-77 BC.
Term
Cicero Quaestor in Sicily
Definition
75 BC.
Term
In Verrem
Definition
70 BC.
Term
Cicero Aedile
Definition
69 BC.
Term
Cicero Praetor
Definition
66 BC.
Term
Cicero exiled
Definition
58-57 BC.
Term
Cicero Proconsul in Cilicia
Definition
51 BC. Denied a triumph
Term
Caesar pardons Cicero
Definition
47 BC.
Term
Tullia dies
Definition
45 BC.
Term
Cicero's Phillipics
Definition
43 BC.
Term
Cicero's proscription
Definition
43 BC.
Term
Caesar becomes flamen dialis
Definition
84 BC.
Term
Caesar in Asia
Definition
81-78 BC.
Term
Caesar as quaestor in Spain
Definition
69 BC.
Term
Caesar is Aedile
Definition
65 BC.
Term
Caesar is Praetor
Definition
62 BC. (Speech in Senate in 63) Bona Dea Scandal
Term
Caesar invades Britain
Definition
55,54 BC.
Term
Caesar's Civil War
Definition
49-45 BC.
Term
Caesar Crosses Rubicon
Definition
49 BC.
Term
Pompey Flees Italy
Definition
49 BC.
Term
Battle of Ilerda
Definition
49 BC. Caesar defeats Afrainius & Petreius
Term
Siege of Massilia
Definition
49 BC.
Term
Dyrrachium Campaign
Definition
48 BC. Caesar defeated
Term
Battle of Pharsalus
Definition
48 BC.
Term
Pompey killed in Egypt
Definition
48 BC.
Term
Caesar Defeats Ptolemy XIII
Definition
47 BC. Alexandrian War
Term
Battle of Zela
Definition
47 BC. Caesar defeats Pharnaces. Veni, Vidi, Vici.
Term
Battle of Thapsus
Definition
46 BC. Suicide of Cato at Utica
Term
Caesar's quadruple triumph
Definition
46 BC.
Term
Caesar Dictator for life
Definition
45 BC.
Term
Battle of Munda
Definition
45 BC. Sons of Pompey are defeated in Spain
Term
Assassination of Caesar
Definition
44 BC.
Term
Second Triumvirate
Definition
43-33 BC.
Term
Diefication of Caesar
Definition
42 BC.
Term
Battle of Philippi
Definition
42 BC. Suicide of Brutus & Cassius. Division of Empire
Term
Marriage of Antony and Octavia
Definition
42 BC
Term
Renewal of Second Triumvirate
Definition
37 BC.
Term
Octavian reveals Antony's Will
Definition
32 BC.
Term
Battle of Actium
Definition
31 BC. (End of Hellenistic Age)
Term
Death of Antony, Cleopatra, Caesarion
Definition
30 BC.
Term
Octavian closes the temple of Ianus
Definition
29 BC>
Term
Philip V
Definition
Term
238-179 BC. r.221-179 BC.
Definition
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