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Wrote history of the 1st Punic, criticized Rome for treaty-breaking |
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508-507BC, 348BC, 279-278BC |
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261 BC. consuls L Postumius Megellus/Q. Mamilius Vitulus take city from Hannibal/Hanno. |
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Consul 267BC. led the Roman campaign into Africa. |
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Spartan advisor to Carthage, helped utilize elephants. |
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255BC. Romans under Regulus clash with Xanthippus/Carthage. Carthaginian win, most effective use of elephants |
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275BC-228BC (died fighting in Spain) |
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256BC. Involved more people than any other sea battle in history. Regulus & L Manlius Vulso consuls vs. Hamilcar/Hanno. Effective use of the "corvus." |
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cos. 254BC. captured during unsuccessful attempt on Lipara in 260, later led victorious assault on Panormus in 254. |
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249BC Naval disaster for Rome. P. Claudius Pulcher (cos. 249BC) |
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Battle of Aegates Islands |
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241BC Decisive battle of 1st Punic. C. Lutatius Catulus (cos. 242) vs. Hamilcar. |
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31 BC. Augustus/Agrippa def. Antony/Cleopatra. End of the Hellenistic Age |
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Triple Triumph/Janus doors closed |
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Return of Parthian Standards |
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13 BC. Augustus becomes pontifex maximus |
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Assassination of Caligula |
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Reform of Senate Lists (Claudius) |
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65 AD. Death of Seneca, Lucan |
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68-69 AD. Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian. |
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Construction begins on Colosseum |
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German Legions revolt for Vitellius |
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Vespasian declared Emperor in Egypt. |
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Siege/capture of Jerusalem |
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War against Chatti (Germany, Domitian) |
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First Battle of Tapae (Dacia) |
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Senate declared Nerva Emperor |
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Adoption/Consualte of Trajan |
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War Against Parthia (Trajan) |
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113-117 AD. Trajan dies ill on campaign |
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Hannibal crosses the Alps |
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217 BC. Death of cons. Gaius Flaminius |
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218 BC. (Romans led by Tiberius Sempronius Longus) |
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Q. Fabius Maximus dictator |
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216 BC. (Death of cons. L. Aemilius Paullus, Disgrace of G. Terentius Varro) |
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Letter from Philip V, Start of First Macedonian War |
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Scipio captures New Carthage (Spain) |
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206 BC. Scipio breaks the Carthaginian hold on Iberia |
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207 BC. G. Claudius Nero reinforces M. Livius Salinator, Killing Hasdrubal and intercepting Hannibal's reinforcements. |
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Battle of Baecula (Spain) |
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208 BC. Scipio routs Hasdrubal, forces him out of Spain |
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202 BC. Scipio defeats Hannibal in Africa |
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2nd Battle of Capua (Roman Siege) |
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205 BC. Rome managed to keep Philip out of 2nd Punic War |
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197 BC. T. Quinctius Flaminius defeated Philip V. Decisive battle. |
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Battle of Thermopylae (Roman-Syrian War) |
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191 BC. Manius Acilius Glabrio defeated Antiochus III the Great |
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Battle of Eurymedon (Roman-Syrian War) |
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190 BC. Romans/Rhodinians defeat the Seleucid force under the command of Hannibal |
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190 BC. Rome defeated Antiochus III the Great |
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188 BC. Antiochus III the Great surrendered to Rome |
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Philip V dies, Perseus takes Macedonian throne |
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171 BC. Perseus defeats Romans under Publius Licinius Crassus |
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168 BC. Romans, under Lucius Aemilius Paullus, win a decisive victory over Perseus. |
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168 BC. After Perseus' defeat and surrender at Pydna |
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Tiberius Gracchus Tribune in the 3rd Punic War |
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Tiberius Gracchus Quaestor to Consul C. Hostilius Mancinus |
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Tiberius Gracchus Tribunate |
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Tiberius Gracchus Assassination |
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Gaius Gracchus Sat on T. Gracchus' land commission |
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Gaius Gracchus Quaestor in Sardinia |
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Rome declares war because Carthage declred war against Numidia |
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Set backs under Manius Manilius & L. Marcius Censorius |
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149 BC. Both consuls. Army turned back, ships burned |
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148 BC. After Piso's defeat at Aspis |
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Africa becomes a province |
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135-132 BC. Sicily. Led by Eunus & Cleon |
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104-100 BC. Sicily. Led by Athenion & Tryphon |
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73-71 BC. Led by Spartacus |
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73 BC. Slaves from Capua revlt and take Mt. Vesuvius. Praetor C. Claudius Glaber def. Praetor Publius Varinius Def. |
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72 BC. L. Gellius Publicola & Gn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus both defeater in Cisalpine Gaul |
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Crassus takes control of the legions |
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Battle of the Siler River |
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71 BC. Crassus defeats Spartacus, crucifies prisoners on Appain Way. Pompey executes 5,000 survivors |
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133 BC. Marius also there. |
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111 BC. First command given to consul L. Calpurnius Bestia |
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110 BC. Albinus was the brother of Consul Bestia |
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Q. Caecilius Metellus Numidicus takes over |
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Marius elected consul, given Metellus' command by popular vote |
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108 BC. Metellus defeats Jugurtha. Marius shines as officer |
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Bocchus I betrays Jugurtha to Sulla |
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Jugurtha killed in Marius' triumph |
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Cimbri & Teutoni arrive at Danube |
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112 BC. Cimbri crush Gn. Paprius Carbo. Italy vulnerable, but the Cimbri turn West |
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109 BC. in Gallia Narbonensis |
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107 BC. L. Cassius Longinus (cons. 107 BC) killed in ambush. Roman army leaves the field under the yoke |
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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. |
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107 BC (Jugurtha), 104-100 BC (Cimbrian War), 86 BC (Civil War) |
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104-102 BC. Lower census requirement, standing army, rise of the cohort, landgrants. |
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102 BC. Marius defeats the Teutones, captures king Teutobod. |
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101 BC. Marius defeats Cimbri, Sulla shines as officer. End of Cimbrian War |
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90-88 BC. Marius (& Pompeius Strabo) in the North vs. Marsi, Sulla (& L. Iulius Caesar) in the South vs. Samnites. |
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90 BC. Both killed in battle |
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91 BC. Wanted to grant citizenship to Roman Allies. Drusus assassinated, sparking Social War |
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90 BC. Consul Lucius Iulius Caesar offered citizenship to all Italian communities who had not revolted, or those who would stop from revolting. |
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88 BC. 80,000 Romans killed (Appian) |
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Battle of Chaeronea (1st Mithridatic War) |
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86 BC. Sulla defeats Archelaus |
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85 BC. Sulla victorius, negotiates Peace of Dardanus with Mithridates to return to Rome & Marius |
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83-81 BC. Lucius Licinius Murena invades Pontus, but is pushed back and ordered to make peace by Sulla. |
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71 BC. Later convicted of stealing war plunder. |
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69 BC. Lucullus takes the city after a long siege. |
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68 BC. Lucullus victorious, but Mithridates' escape and the continuation of the campaign lead to mutiny. |
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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. |
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66 BC. Lucullus' command transferred to Pompey |
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134-63 BC. (r. 120-63 BC) |
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63 BC. Pompey victorious in war |
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47 BC. Pharnaces routed by C. Iulius Caesar (Veni, Vidi, Vici) |
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Sulla's first March on Rome |
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88 BC. Marius flees the city to Africa, Rufus mudered by one of his slaves |
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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. |
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88 BC. proposed by tribune P. Sulpicius Rufus |
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Marius and son retun to Rome, kill Gn. Octavius and others |
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86 BC. Marius and Cinna consuls for 86. (Marius' 7th) |
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83 BC. Many support him, including Gn. Pompeius Magnus |
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84 BC. Murdered in a mutiny |
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82 BC. Sulla wins a victory that both ends the Civil War against his rivals and the ambitions of the Socii (Samnites). |
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77-71 BC. Murdered by Peperna. |
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70 BC. Repeal of Sullan constitution (restoration of Tribunate) |
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63 BC. Supression of Catilnarian Conspiracy |
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59-53 BC. Renewal in 56 BC |
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53 BC. Crassus killed by Parthians |
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62 BC. (Speech in Senate in 63) Bona Dea Scandal |
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49 BC. Caesar defeats Afrainius & Petreius |
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47 BC. Caesar defeats Pharnaces. Veni, Vidi, Vici. |
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46 BC. Suicide of Cato at Utica |
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45 BC. Sons of Pompey are defeated in Spain |
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42 BC. Suicide of Brutus & Cassius. Division of Empire |
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31 BC. (End of Hellenistic Age) |
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Death of Antony, Cleopatra, Caesarion |
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238-179 BC. r.221-179 BC. |
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