History of the Roman Empire

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  • 106 BCE

    Cicero

    (106-43)BC Cicero was a famous public speaker and debater
  • 99 BCE

    Lucretius

    (99 - 55 BC) poet and the greatest exponent of Epicureanism who wrote On the Nature of Things
  • 70 BCE

    Virgil

    Virgil
    (70 - 19 BC) Greatest Roman poet, wrote the Aeneid
  • 65 BCE

    Horace

    (65 - 8BC) Poet and friend of Virgil, wrote about both the triumphs and problems of Rome & praised the simple virtues
  • 59 BCE

    Livy

    (59 BC - AD 17) Historian who wrote a long history of Rome (142 volumes) Wrote about the greatness of Rome, though often from legends
  • 43 BCE

    Ovid

    (43 BC-AD 17) Poet that wrote about mythology and love, Best known work was Metamorphoses, a collection of myths of the ancient world
  • 42 BCE

    Tiberius

    Tiberius
    (42 BC - 37AD) Emperor who reigned from AD 14-37 during much of the life of Christ
  • 3 BCE

    Seneca

    (3 BC - AD 65) Leading Stoic who was the tutor of the emperor Nero and an outstanding writer and thinker
  • 1 BCE

    Jesus

    Jesus
    (0-33) Jesus, the Son of God, died and rose again to save people from their sins; His life split time in half between BC and AD
  • 3

    Stephen

    (3-36) Stephen was a Leader in the early Church and the first Christian martyr, stoned to death while Paul (then called Saul) watched
  • 5

    Paul

    (5-67 AD) Paul, originally called Saul, was born in Tarsus as a Roman citizen; He became a Pharisee and then a persecutor of the church; was called by Jesus and became an apostle and missionary throughout Asia Minor, Greece and Rome
  • 37

    Josephus

    (37-100) Jewish historian who recorded the conflict between the Jews and the Romans; He warned the Jews against armed resistance against the Romans
  • 37

    Nero

    (37-68 AD) Ruled 54-68, emperor who began the first official persecution of Christians, accused Christians of setting fire to Rome
  • 39

    Pontius Pilate

    Birthdate unknown, died 39 AD; Roman governor of Judea when Jesus was crucified
  • 39

    Titus

    (39-81 AD) Roman commander that led Roman legions to breach the walls of Jerusalem, loot the temple and destroy the city in 70 AD
  • 45

    Plutarch

    (45-125 AD) Most famous Greek writer in the Roman empire; he wrote biographies that compared the lives of famous Greek and Roman men
  • 55

    Tacitus

    (55-120 AD) Historian who favored the old republic over the life of the empire. He wrote the Annals of Rome and Germania that described the lifestyles of the Germanic peoples.
  • 60

    Juvenal

    (60-140 AD) Wrote bitter satires on the loose morals and social problems of the empire
  • 69

    Polycarp

    Polycarp
    (69 - 160 AD) Bishop of Smyrna, he was taken by the authorities to the stadium and told to renounce his faith. When he refused he was burned at the stake.
  • 85

    Ptolemy

    (85-165 AD) Alexandrian astronomer and mathematician that promoted the theory that the earth was the center of the universe
  • 121

    Marcus Aurelius

    (121 - 180 AD) scholar, philosopher, administrator and last of the so-called "Good" Roman emperors; he wrote about the Stoic ideas in his book Meditations
  • 130

    Galen

    (130-210 AD) Famous Greek physician that experimented with animals and studied the cardiovascular system; he wrote a famous medical encyclopedia
  • 240

    Diocletian

    (240-305 AD) Emperor who ruled from 284-305, Brought the most widespread persecution against the early Christians; had churches and Scriptures destroyed. As emperor he divided the empire into 4 prefectures which were ruled by co-emperors
  • 250

    Arius

    (250-336) Heretic who challenged the deity of Christ and disrupted the church's unity
  • 280

    Constantine

    Constantine
    (280-337) Emperor who made Christianity legal after coming to believe; he restored church property and encouraged others to embrace Christianity
  • 325

    Council of Nicaea

    Council of church leaders presided over by Constantine that confirmed the deity of Christ and the doctrine of the Trinity
  • 346

    Theodosius I

    (346-395) Made Christianity the official and exclusive religion of the Roman empire; Divided the empire into 2 parts between his 2 sons
  • 354

    St. Augustine

    (354-430) Came to Christ in 386, became a pastor, bishop and writer that earnestly defended the Christian faith. Especially known for the book "The City of God"
  • 370

    Alaric

    (370-410) Led the Visigoths across the Roman peninsula to plunder the city of Rome in 410
  • 395

    Division of Roman Empire into East and West

    396 - When 2 sons of Theodosius divided the empire into East and West
  • 406

    Attila

    (406-453) fierce leader of the Huns who led them against Roman territory but who were held back by the Roman and Germanic peoples