Ol. cliii. 1. JA. U. C. B. C. 586 168 Battle of Pydna, in which Perses is defeated by Paulus Æmilius, and Macedonia reduced to a Roman province. Age of Terence, Polybius, Pacuvius, Hipparchus, Carneades, &c. 621 633 643 149 Third Punic war begins. 145 Carthage destroyed by Scipio, 141 Numantine war begins; continues 8 years. 136 The famous embassy of Scipio, Metellus, Mummius, and Panatius into Egypt, Syria, and Greece. 135 The history of the Apocrypha ends. 133 Numantia taken. Pergamus annexed to the Roman empire. 121 Caius Gracchus killed. Age of Lucilius. 111 Jugurthine war begins, and continues five years. 652 102 Teutones defeated by Marius. 101 Teutones and Cimbri defeated by Marius and Catulus. 653 657 663 665 666 97 Cyrene left by Ptolemy Apion to the Romans. 91 Social war begins, and con- 89 Mithridatic war begins, and A. U. C. B. C. 672 676 679 681 683 685 688 689 691 694 82 Sylla defeats the younger Marius, and is made dictator. 78 Death of Sylla. 75 Bithynia left by Nicomedes to the Romans. 66 Mithridates conquered by Pompey in a 63 Catiline's conspiracy defeated by Cicero. 60 First triumvirate of Cæsar, Pompey, aud Crassus. Age of Cicero, Catullus, Lucretius, Sallust, &c. 58 Cicero banished, and recalled in sixteen, months. 55 Cæsar invades Britain. 53 Death of Crassus. 696 699 701 704 706 707 708 46 War of Africa. 709 710 711 712 715 50 Civil war between Cæsar and Pompey. 48 Battle of Pharsalia. 47 Alexandria taken by Cæsar. Cato kills himself. Cæsar corrects the calendar by the advice of Sosigenes: the year of confusion, consisting of 15 months, or 445 days. 45 Battle of Munda. 44 Cæsar killed in the senate house. 43 Battle of Mutina. Second triumvirate of Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus. Cicero proscribed and put to death. Age of C. Nepos, Diodorus Siculus, Trogus Pompeius, Varro, &c. 42 Battle of Philippi. 39 Ventidius defeats Pacorus general of the Parthians on the same day 14 after years [A. U. C. B. C. 718 722 723 724 727 734 737 739 742 748 749 755 762 763 767 770 772 779 784 786 789 790 792 36 Pompey the younger defeated in Sicily by 32 Octavius and Antony prepare for war. 30 Alexandria taken, and Egypt reduced to a 27 Title of Augustus given to Octavius. The Augustan age-of Virgil, Manilius, Asinius Pollio, Mecænas, Agrippa, Strabo, Horace, Macer, Propertius, Livy, Tibullus, Ovid, Varius, Tucca, Vitruvius, Dionysius Halicarnassensis, and Dionysius Periegetes. 20 Tiberius recovers the Roman standards from 17 Secular games celebrated at Rome. 6 Tiberius retires to Rhodes for seven years. A.D. 2 Tiberius returns to Rome. 9 Ovid banished to Tomos. 10 Varus defeated in Germany by Arminius. 19 Germanicus poisoned by Piso, dies at An tioch. 26 Tiberius retires to the island of Capreæ. 36 Conversion of St. Paul. 37 Tiberius dics and is succeeded by Caligula. Age of Valerius Maximus, Columella, Philo Judæus, &c. 39 St. Matthew writes his gospel. JA.U.C.A.D. 793 794 796 797 804 807 812 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 832 834 848 849 851 855 40 The disciples first called Christians at Antioch. 41 Caligula killed by Chærea and succeeded by Claudius. 43 The expedition of Claudius into Britain. 51 Caractacus brought a prisoner to Rome. 59 Agrippina put to death by her son Nero. 70 Jerusalem taken and destroyed by Titus, 79 Death of Vespasian: succession of Titus. Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiæ destroyed by an eruption of Vesuvius, in which Pliny the elder lost his life. Age of Josephus. 81 Death of Titus and succession of Domitian. 95 Second persecution of the Christians. 98 Death of Nerva and succession of Trajan. 102 Pliny proconsul of Bithynia writes his famous letter to Trajan giving an account A. U. C. A.D. 856 859 860 867 870 871 874 883 884 891 914 922 933 945 946 947 951 103 Trajan reduces Dacia to a Roman province. 106 Trajan's expedition to Parthia. Age of Florus, Suetonius, Pliny the younger, Plutarch, &c. 107 Third persecution of the Christians. 131 The Jews rebel, and after a war of five years 138 Death of Hadrian and succession of Antoninus Pius. In the reign of Hadrian flourished Phavorinus, Aristides the sophist, Polycarp, Arrian, Ptolemy the geographer, &c. 161 Death of Antoninus: succession of Marcus Aurelius and L. Verus. In the reign of Antoninus flourished Maximus Tyrius, Pausanias the topographer of Greece, Diophantus the mathematician, Lucian, Hermogenes, Polyænus, Appian, Artemidorus, Justin Martyr, Apuleius, &c. 169 War of the Marcomanni. 180 Death of Aurelius: succession of Commo- 192 Commodus killed by Martia and Lætus: 194 Severus defeats his rival Niger at Issus. at Lyons. |