Republican and Imperial Rome
This timeline contains important events and people in Republican and Imperial Rome, along with early Christian history.
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Roman Providence of Judea Created
The Province of Roman Judea is created by merging Judea, Idumea, and Samaria
0006-10-23 02:56:27
Germania
The Southeastern part of Germania is pacified as a Roman Province.
0009-01-01 00:00:00
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest
Battle in the Roman-Germanic Wars, which stopped Roman expansion into Germany
0010-01-01 00:00:00
Death of Hillel the Elder
Hillel, considered by many to be the greatest Torah sage dies. This leads to the dominance of the opposing school of thought lead by sages Shammai.
0014-01-01 23:30:52
Germanicus
The young, enthusiastic general whom Augustus forced Tiberius to adopt and consider heir before his own children. Led expeditions in Gaul and Germany.
0014-08-19 00:00:00
The Death of Octavian
Octavian dies, leaving rulership of the Roman empire to his stepson and appointed heir, Tiberius
0014-11-01 18:14:04
Tiberius
Tiberius ruled from 14 to 38 CE and was regarded as decent, if grim, emperor until 26 when he left Rome forever and allowed for manipulation of legal principles that resulted in a witch hunt. At this point he lost much credibility with Rome and historians.
0014-12-01 18:14:04
Sejanus, Man of Ambition
Sejanus was and continues to be infamous for the way in which he ousted heirs, both legitimate and potential, and aspired to become emperor himself.
0015 BC-10-23 02:56:27
Raetia
The province of Raetia in what is present day Switzerland is established.
0016 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Roman Theater of Merida
The Amphitheater of Merida is located in the Southwestern part of Spain
0016 BC-10-23 02:56:27
Noricum
The Roman province of Noricum is established.
0020 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Armenia As a Client State
In this year, Phraates IV of Parthia returned the lost eagles of Crassus and Antony to Augustus.
0026-01-01 00:00:00
The Trial and Crucifixion of Jesus
The Crucifixion of Jesus at the hands of Roman officials most likely occurred either on April 3, 30 AD or April 3, 33 AD
0027 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Octavian Begins the Pax Romana
A period of peace in the Roman empire lasting over 200 years
0030 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Octavian's Reforms
During his rule as emperor, one of Octavian’s primary goals was to stabilize Rome, cleaning up the political and physical mess from the civil wars in decades past and emphasizing virtue and piety in the Roman character. In order to accomplish this, Octavian introduced a series of reforms in Rome.
0031 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Beginning of the Roman Empire
An empire that lasted until the fifth century AD.
0031 BC-01-01 00:00:00
The Battle of Actium
A military conflict between Mark Antony and Octavian, that decided the fate of Rome.
0031 BC-12-14 04:30:00
Egypt
Egypt was officially annexed as a Roman province following the battle of Actium in 31 B.C.
0035 BC-12-14 04:30:00
Illyricum
Illyria was conquered in the 30s B.C., and divided into Pannonia and Dalmatia after 9 A.D.
0037-01-01 18:14:04
The Reign of Gaius "Caligula"
Often described as mad, Emperor Gaius "Caligula" proclaimed himself a deity while living and ruled in a manner described by many as tyrannical.
0040-10-23 00:00:00
Mauretania
Maurentania finally becomes a Roman Province after more than a century of being a client state.
0041-01-01 18:14:04
The Reign of Claudius
A physically deformed man, Emperor Claudius proved himself a capable governor and a good man with good ideas. However, his will could be manipulated by corrupt members of his court, such as his wife, Agrippina, who murdered him.
0043 BC-01-01 00:00:00
The Second Triumvirate
Joint rulership of Rome by three leaders: Octavian, Mark Antony, and Marcus Lepidus
0043-01-01 23:27:29
Claudius and Britain
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0043-10-18 16:24:41
Britannia
Emperor Claudius finishes what Caesar started and conquers Britain.
0044 BC-09-23 00:00:00
Octavian (Caesar Augustus)
Ruler of Rome from 31BC-14AD
0044-01-01 06:53:55
Life and Death of the Apostles
Following the death of Jesus in roughly 30 CE, Christianity flourished in Jerusalem for a time before persecution began, at which point the twelve apostles (Peter, James the brother of John, John, Bartholomew, Thomas, Andrew, Philip, Matthew, James, Simon the Zealot, Judas Thaddeus, Matthias) and Paul. The thirteen spread out across the known world bearing the gospel. However, in the scope of history it can be difficult to know what happened to each of them and connect the people with a time and place in history.
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Agrippina, First Lady of Rome
Agrippina the Younger made all efforts to fulfill her ambition of attaining equal power to an emperor. She assassinated her husband, Emperor Claudius, in order to put her son, Nero, on the throne. However, Nero ultimately resented her authority and had her removed from power and assassinated.
0050 BC-01-14 00:00:00
Mark Antony
Roman Politician from 50-30 BC
0050-01-01 00:00:00
Council of Jerusalem (Jewish Schism)
Apostolic conference debating Jesus and Christianity's place within Judaism
0054-01-01 18:14:04
The Reign of Nero
An emperor renowned for his extravagance, Nero rejected the counsel of his politically inclined mother, Agrippina, and his advisers in favor of his own personal desires. Which drained the empire's treasury extensively and drove his own guards to revolt. Though he probably did not actually "fiddle as Rome burned," people might not have been surprised if he did.
0058 BC-10-23 02:56:27
Gaul
Julius Caesar's conquests establish Gaul as a Roman Province.
0060 BC-04-01 17:13:58
First Triumvirate
First Triumvirate formed by Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great, and Marcus Licinius Crassus
0061 BC-04-24 15:02:31
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
0062 BC-06-22 15:31:06
Marcus Junius Brutus
Brutus
0064 BC-12-14 04:30:00
Syria
Syria was annexed in 64 B.C., after it was conquered by Pompey.
0064-01-01 21:07:56
Fires, Fiddles, and Garden Lights
The fire that occurred in Rome on July 18, 64 CE gave way to a decline of Nero's popularity, further draining of the empire's treasury in extravagant building projects, and the first institutionalized persecution of Christians.
0065 BC-04-01 17:13:58
Catiline
Lucius Sergius Catilina
0065 BC-06-22 15:31:06
Cato the Younger
Marcus Porches Cato Uticensis
0066-01-01 00:00:00
First Jewish - Roman War
Sometimes called The Great Revolt, this was the first of three major Jewish Rebellions
0066-01-01 22:24:06
Judaea is Revolting!
Jewish-Roman relations were generally characterized throughout the first century by two-way antipathy and misunderstanding. Rome followed an inconsistent course that sometimes attempted conciliation and other times imposed order with an iron fist. The Jews were internally divided and unable to unify cohesively. Tensions finally flared into all out war in 66 CE.
0069 BC-01-01 00:00:00
Cleopatra VII
Ruler of Egypt from 49-30 BC
0069 BC-04-01 17:13:58
Cicero
Cicero
0069-01-01 00:00:00
The Reign of Galba
One of the emperors in the Year of the Four Emperors
0069-01-01 06:11:30
Roman Civil War 69-70
A civil war to determine the new emperor of Rome
0069-07-01 07:14:54
Emperor Vitellius
An emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors.
0069-07-01 07:14:54
Otho's Accession
The third emperor in the Year of the Four Emperors
0070 BC-04-01 17:13:58
Virgil
Publics Vergilius Maro
0070 BC-04-01 17:13:58
Pompey the Great
Pompey
0070-01-01 00:00:00
Period of the Tannaim
Formative period of the Mishnah