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44 BCE
Julius Caesar assasination (Local event)
Julius Caesar gets assassinated -
1 CE
Philosopher Lucretius (Book event)
A Roman born and later wrote "On the Nature of Things" Lucretius a philos[pher and poet wrote things that seemed pretty ahead of his time. -
79
Mass volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius (Book Event)
The area in which many archaeologists theorized the book of On The Nature of Things was possibly first read and kept. -
304
Christians tortured and executed (Local Event)
Where people who openly identified as Christians were persecuted and discriminated against. Changed when Constantine converted to Christianity. -
312
Constantine converts to Christianity (Local Event)
Constantine announces his conversion to Christianity causing the end of the persecution of Christians in Rome -
391
Christianity became the only legal religion (Book event)
This led to much corruption in the church that included abuse of power such as censorship and many more. -
476
Fall of Rome (Local Event)
Rome falls leading to the church taking more influence after -
479
Loss of literature after fall of Rome from Greece and Rome (Local Event)
Loss of writings that we don't know today -
529
St. Bendedict becomes monk and creates reading rule (Local Event)
The rule that forced Monks to read and write- used by Poggio to find untouched writings. -
Jul 6, 1054
Roman Christianity split into Catholic church and orthodox church.
Where Christianity split into the biggest 2 churches that identified people -
1095
Crusades start (World Event)
Persecution and killing of Muslims by the Christian church. -
1206
Mongol Empire founded by Genghis Khan (World Event)
Mongol empire was founded- proceeded take over most of Europe and Asia -
1272
Marco Polo adventure (world event)
Marco introduced Europe to Central Asia culture -
1330
Petrarch pieced History of Rome (Book event)
Early book hunter that inspired Poggio to start book hunting -
1400
Epicurean way becomes popular (Local Event)
Way of living a simple life instead of being fueled by a desire -
1415
Antipope John XXIII jailed leaving Poggio masterless (Book event)
Back then often being masterless meant having no real sense of fortune, Poggio's lack of duty when it came to the church led him to follow his passion for book hunting. -
1417
On The Nature of Things found (book event)
1417, a guy named Poggio Bracciolini a book hunter found a certain type of handwork, a poem called "On the Nature of Things" and began and unfold all the things Lucretius wrote -
Jan 1, 1417
Poggio wanders into German town before his discovery- this is the start of his journey (Book Event)
Start of the book, after his pope got vanished, date unknown -
Jan 19, 1417
Poggio working alone after friend Bartolomeo leaves him (Book event)
Text of Poggios friend Bartolomeo stating that he left, confirming that of all Poggio success in the book was by himself. -
1436
Johannes Gutenberg invited printing press (Local Event)
Changed the process of writing and publishing books -
1453
Renaissance era officially begins (world event)
Where ideas grew and developed -
1492
Christopher Columbus expedition (world event)
Christopher Columbus goes on a trip to try to get to India and finds the Americas instead -
1516
Thomas More writes Utopia (Book Event)
Fictional story of the fear of god- this story inspired many to think of the idea of a centralized god was dying out -
Giordano Bruno public burning (Book Event)
A priest that was charged with heresy and basmati of the Roman Church. Example of the Church trying to kill the ideas that could destroy them. -
Italy is founded (Local Event)
Italy founded as an official country and Rome is now just a city
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