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106 BCE
Cicero
Cicero was a leading political figure, great orator, and great writer -
99 BCE
Lucretius
An epicurean poet. He hoped to reform the declining moral standards of Rome -
70 BCE
Virgil
A great Roman poet -
65 BCE
Horace
a friend of Virgil, the "poet of the Augustan age" -
59 BCE
livy
A historian whos work provides an in depth look at the lives of the Romans. -
43 BCE
Ovid
A Poet who wrote about mythology and love -
42 BCE
Tiberius
Roman Emperor during Jesus' lifetime. -
31 BCE
Augustus
Ended the civil war and brought about an era of peace (pax romana) -
Period: 31 BCE to 180
Pax Romana
A period of peace and prosperity -
5 BCE
Paul
A pharisee who persecuted the Jews until he became a christian and spread the gospel. -
3 BCE
Seneca
A stoic. The tutor of emperor Nero, a noteworthy writer and thinker. -
1 CE
Jesus Christ
God's son, sent to redeem mankind. -
36
Stephen
The first christian martyr -
37
Josephus
A Jewish historian who recorded the conflict against the Jews and Romans, and advised against resistance. -
37
Nero
Emperor who first began official christian persecution. Accused the Christians of setting fire to Rome. -
38
Pontius Pilate
Roman governor, sentenced Jesus to death by crucifixion because of Jewish demands. -
39
Titus
Roman commander who attacked Jerusalem. -
45
Plutarch
The most famous Greek writer in the Roman empire. He wrote biographies that compared important Greek and Roman men. -
55
Tacitus
A historian who favored the old republic over the self centered Romans of his time. Wrote annals, and Germania. -
60
Juvenal
Poet who wrote bitter satires on moral problems of the society. -
69
Polycarp
The leader of the church at Smyrna, eventually martyred. -
70
The destruction of Jerusalem (AD 70)
The walls of Jerusalem were breached, the temple was looted, and the city was destroyed. -
79
pompeii
the city of Pompeii is destroyed by Mt Vesuvius erupting -
80
The Colosseum
a 160 ft tall stadium, where gladiators fought, and Christians were later martyred. -
85
Ptolemy
an Alexandrian astronomer who promoted the theory that the universe was geocentric. -
130
Galen
A Greek physician who made advancements in medicine by experimentation with animals -
180
Marcus Aurelius
A stoic, scholar, and philosopher. One of the last "good" emperors, his death marks the end of the Pax Romana. -
256
Arius
A heretic who disrupted the unity of the church by challenging the deity of Christ. -
284
Diocletian
Emperor that led the most widespread persecution of Christians. -
306
Constantine
Roman emperor who made Christianity legal. -
313
Edict of Milan
The Roman emperor Constantine made Christianity legal with this edict, ending 300 years of christian persecution. -
325
Council of Nicaea
A council presided over by Constantine which affirmed Christs deity and the doctrine of the trinity, and branded Arianism a heresy. -
378
The battle of Adrainople
A barbarian tribe called the Visigoths defeated the Roman army and killed the Emperor. -
378
The Huns
A Barbarian nomadic tribe from the east, they drove Germanic tribes, like the Visigoths into Roman territory. -
379
Theodosius I
Made Christianity the official religion of the Roman State. Later divided the Roman Empire in two. -
395
395
Theodosius divided the Roman Empire in two for his sons. -
395
Alaric
King of the Visigoths who led the plundered of Rome. -
433
Attila
Leader of the Huns -
439
Vandals
Another barbarian Tribe that attacked a few years after the Huns, who raided and pillaged Rome again. -
476
The fall of Rome
The year the army placed a non Roman on the Emperors throne.
