Construction of the first basilica, the Basilica Porcia in Rome. 183 BC Death of the Roman general P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus, in Laternium, Campania. Death of the Carthaginian general Hannibal Barca, who poisons himself in order to avoid capture by the Romans. ...
88 BCKing Mithridates of Pontus invadesGreeceand issues an edict that all Romans and Italians are to be killed. The number of dead reaches about 110,000 people. 88 BCL. Cornelius Sullamarches upon Rome, the first in history to do so. ...
64 Much of Rome burns Nero set fire to Rome and blames the Christians for it. 80 Colosseum is built The Colosseum was built in 80 AD. The completion of the Colosseum was celebrated with 100 days of games. The Romans invade Scotland. 122 Hadrian Wall is built The Hadrian Wall was ...
“Time is not a new concept,” said Lessin. “People have been making timelines since the Romans and before. So we had a lot of source material to draw from.” Lessin also said that, as modern citizens, the designers looked to a wide variety of industries, time periods and places for...
Following Turkey’s defeat in World War One, the British took over control of what was then called Palestine (a word originating with the ancient rulers of this land, the Romans). The British controlled this area until 1948. In the 1930s, a major Arab Revolt took place that pitted local...
However, once the Romans abolished the monarchy, Rome was governed by the Senate during the Republic. There were some exceptions, like the dictatorships of Sulla and Julius Caesar. Who was the cruelest Roman emperor? The Roman empire had many cruel emperors. Most people would point directly to...
From then until the second destruction of Jerusalem by Titus was 438 years (62 septets plus 4 years) Prior to the destruction, the Roman emperor Hadrian made a treaty with the Jewish nation for seven years, but for the second half of the term the Romans would violate that covenant and ...
Joseph Priestley and the Graphic Invention of Modern Time The Persians had their king lists; the Greeks, their tables of Olympiads; the Romans, their fasti, and so forth, and in Europe, during the Middle Ages and the early modern period, scholars argued the fine points of Biblical ... D...
Philosopher and Christian martyr who was called the last of the Romans.
This timeline shows the major divisions of ancient Rome over time and the defining features of each.