| Year |
Domestic Events |
External Events |
|---|---|---|
| 27 BC | "Restoration of the Republic", really the beginning of the Empire. Octavian receives the tile of Augustus. Pantheon of M. Agrippa built | Provinces divided between Augustus and senate. Augustus takes Spain, Gual, Syria and keeps Egypt |
| 23 BC | Augustus resigns the consulship. Death of Marcellus | Failure of expedition to Arabia |
| 20 BC | Augustus in Asia. Sumbission of Parthians | |
| 19 BC | Death of Virgil and Tibullus | Conquest of North Spain |
| 17 BC | Social legistlation. Secular games. Horace as laureate. Augustus adopts Gaius and Lusius his grandsons | |
| 16 BC | German invasion of Gaul. | |
| 13 BC | Defeat of Lollius. Drusus in Gaul for conquest of Germany | |
| 12 BC | Dedication of Ara Pacis Augustae | |
| 11 BC | Theatre of Marcellus built | |
| 9 BC | End of Livy's History | Death of Drusus after four campaigns in Germany |
| 8 BC | Deaths of Horace and Maecenas | Tiberius in Germany |
| 4 BC | Death of Herod. Probable date of birth of Christ | |
| 2 BC | Bansihment of Julia | |
| 2 AD | Death of Lucius and Gaius Caesar. Tiberius adopted | |
| 4 AD | Building of "Maison Carree" at Nimes | Tiberius' annual campaigns in Germany |
| 6 AD | Establishment of military chest at Rome. Temple of Castor rebuilt | Judaea becomes a province (census of Quirinius). Great revolt in Pannonia |
| 8 AD | Bansihment of Ovid | |
| 9 AD | Subjection of Pannonia. Defeat of Varus by Arminius in Germany | |
| 14 AD | Death of Augustus. Succession of Tiberius, Political extinction of the comitia. Extension of law of treason and growth of information (delatio) | |
| 16 AD | Germanicus defeats the germans under Arminius at Idistavisus | |
| 27 AD | Tiberius retires to Capri. Sejanus in command of Rome | |
| 37 AD | Death of Tiberius; accession of Gaius (Caligula) | Futile expedition towards Britain |
| 41 AD | Caligula murdered by praetorian guard; accession of Claudius | New provinces incorporated: Mauretania, Lycia, Thracia (46) and Judaea. Conquest of Britain begun (43) |
| 54 AD | Nero | |
| 55 AD | Poisoning of Britannicus | |
| 61 AD | Revolt of Boudicca in Britain | |
| 64 AD | Fire at Rome, and first persecution of the Christians | |
| 68 AD | Revolt of Vindex in Gaul and Galba in Spain | |
| 68 to 69 AD | Year of the Four Emperors: Galba, June - Jan. 69 Otho, Jan. - April Vitellius, April - Dec. |
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| 69 AD | Vespasian, "The Flavian Dynasty" | Revolt of Batavians under Civilis |
| 70 to 78 AD | Erection of Colosseum, Arch of Titus, and Baths of Titus | Siege and destruction of Jerusalem |
| 79 AD | Titus. Eruption of Vesuvius. Herculaneum buried in mud and Pompeii in ashes. Death of elder Pliny | |
| 81 AD | Domitian | Progress of Agricola in Scotland. Construction of German limes |
| 86 AD | War against the Dacians | |
| 96 AD | Murder of Domitian. Nerva, repealed law of treason and reduced taxes | |
| 98 AD | Trajan, built Forum Traiani, Basilica Ulpia and Column of Trajan | (101-102) First Dacian War. (105-106) Second Dacian War. Dacia becomes a province. (114-116) Invasion of Parthia, capture of Ctesiphon. New provinces: Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria and Arabia |
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