Classical Studies
Main events studied in Classical Studies
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CE
IT'S NOW THE COMMON ERA!
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Theatre of Leptis Magna
Theatre of Leptis Magna in Libya
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Forum of Augustus
Forum of Augustus finished
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Ara Pacis
Ara pacis is completed
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Res Gestae; Death of Augustus
Res Gestae finished. Augustus dies.
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Tiberius
Reign of Tiberius
0019 BC-09-21 17:03:21
Virgil dies
Aeneid is unfinished
0029 BC-01-01 17:03:21
Virgil begins the Aeneid
Virgil begins writing Rome's epic.
0031 BC-09-02 17:03:21
Battle of Actium
The Battle of Actium was a naval battle in the last war of the Roman Republic, fought between the fleet of Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Queen Cleopatra of Egypt.
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Caligula
Reign of Caligula
0041-01-01 17:03:21
Claudius
Reign of Claudius
0042 BC-01-01 17:03:21
Battle of Philippi
The Battle of Philippi was the final battle in the Wars of the Second Triumvirate between the forces of Mark Antony and Octavian (of the Second Triumvirate) and the leaders of Julius Caesar's assassination, Brutus and Cassius in 42 BC, at Philippi in Macedonia.
0046 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Julius Caesar Rules
Julius Caesar reigns in Rome
0054-01-01 17:03:21
Nero
Reign of Nero
0063 BC-09-23 14:40:25
Augustus Born
Enter story info here
0069-01-01 17:03:21
Vespasian
Reign of Vespasian
0070 BC-10-15 14:40:25
Virgil Born
Virgil was born
0079-01-01 17:03:21
Titus
Reign of Titus
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Colosseum
Colosseum finished
0081-01-01 17:03:21
Arch of Titus
Arch of Titus built
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Domitian
Reign of Domitian
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Hadrian
Reign of Hadrian
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Pantheon
Pantheon built
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Baths at Leptis Magna
Baths at Leptis Magna built in Libya
0146 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Greece Falls to Rome
After a series of wars, Rome overtakes Greece
0246 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Punic Wars
Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome
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Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius
Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius built
0323 BC-06-01 14:40:25
Alexander the Great Dies
Alexander the Great dies in Babylon
0324 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Susa, Opis, Hephaestion
Weddings in Susa, Mutiny at Opis, Hephaestion's Death
0327 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Alexander takes India
Alexander takes India and marries Roxanne in Bactria
0331 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Battle of Gaugamela
Battle of Gaugamela and visit to the Temple of Ammon
0332 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Sieges of Tyre and Gaza
Alexander takes Tyre and Gaza
0333 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Battle of Issus & Gordian Knot
Battle of Issus against Darius and Gordian Knot
0334 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Battle of Granicus
Battle of Granicus - first major victory
0356 BC-07-01 14:40:25
Alexander the Great born
Birth of Alexander the Great
0399 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Socrates' Trial and Death
Socrates is tried and put to death.
0404 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Peloponnesian War ends
Athens falls to Sparta
0414 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Battle of Syracuse
Battle of Syracuse is a final blow to Athenian strength in the Peloponnesian War
0425 BC-01-01 14:40:25
The Acharnians Performed
Acharnians, by Aristophanes, is performed making fun of the Peloponnesian War.
0431 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Peloponnesian War begins
Peloponnesian War begins
0432 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Parthenon Finished
Parthenon in Athens is finished
0450 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Aristophanes Born
Aristophanes is born
0470 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Socrates Born
Socrates is born
0478 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Delian League Established
Athens and Greek city-states form the Delian League.
0479 BC-08-01 14:40:25
Battle of Plataea
Battle of Plataea - end of Greco-Persian War
0480 BC-08-01 14:40:25
Battle of Thermopylae/Salamis
Battles of Thermopylae and Salamis.
0490 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Battle of Marathon
Athens is attacked by Persia, but wins victory at the Battle of Marathon. Beginning of the Greco-Persian War.
0505 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Democracy in Athens
Democracy is established in Athens under Cleisthenes.
0525 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Red Figure Vases
Red Figure pottery dominates the Greek World.
0625 BC-01-01 14:40:25
Black Figure Vases
Black-Figure pottery dominates the Greek World.