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18 AD Germanicus is given maius imperium of the East
19 AD 10 October Germanicus dies in Antioch.
21 AD Suppression of a Gallic national revolt under Julius Sacrovir
23 AD Drusus, Tiberius' son dies
26 AD Tiberius withdraws from Rome to Capri. Agrippina, Nero Caesar and Drusus Caesar are arrested at the orders of the Praetorian Prefect, L. Aelius Sejanus
31 AD Sejanus become consul. He surrender the consulship early in the year and is granted proconsular power
31 AD 18 October In a letter to the senate, Tiberius denounces Sejanus as a traitor. Sejanus is seized by the Praetorian Guard and summarily executed.
37 AD Gaius, backed by the Praetorian Prefect Q. Sutorius Macro, assertes his dominance.
37 AD 16 March Tiberius dies quietly in a villa at Misenum. His testament decleares Tiberius Julius Caesar Nero Gemellus and Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus Caligula as joint heirs
37 AD 28 March Gaius enters Rome amid scenes of wild rejoicing.
38 AD Gemellus is murdered on Gaius's orders.
41 AD 24 January The praetorian tribune Cassius Chaerea and other guardsmen cut Gaius down in a secluded palace corridor. The Praetorian Guard chooses Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus as the new emperor
41 AD 25 January Claudius is invested with the powers of the princeps, becoming Ti. Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
42 AD The governor of Dalmatia, L. Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus attempts revolt.
43 AD Summer The invasion of Britain begin.
47 AD The Gallic ex-consul Valeris Asiaticus is forced to suicide.
48 AD Claudius's wife, Valeria Messalina, are executed after a marriage cermony between herself and C. Silius at a palace party. Claudius marries Agrippina after a few months.
50 AD Agrippina is granted the title Augusta.
50 AD 25 February Claudius adopts Agrippina's son, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, henceforth known as Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus Caesar.
53 AD Nero marries Claudius's daughter Octavia.
54 AD 13 October Claudius dies, possibly poisoned by Agrippina. Nero becomes emperor.
55 AD Claudius's son Ti. Claudius Caesar Britannicus is murdered.
58 AD Nero has Octavia divorced, exiled and murdered.
59 AD Agrippina is murdered.
62 AD Nero marries Poppaea Sabina.
64 AD The Burning of Rome. Nero starts a ambitious buuilding campaign.
65 AD Nero appeares on stage and sings for the audiences. A plot to replace Nero with Gaius Calpurnius Piso is betrayed.
66 AD Riots in Caesarea and Jerusalem. Nero grants Titus Flavius Vespasianus a special command to settle the revolt in Judaea. Vespasianus is given command of the seven legions in Syria.
66 AD Poppaea dies. Nero leaves Rome for Greece. He order the general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo to commit suicide.
67 AD Spring Vespasianus' campaign to subdue Galilee begins.
67 AD October All of Galilee is pacified. Jerusalem is encircled.
68 AD Galba refuses to pay cash rewards for the praetorians and the soldiers in Upper Germany.
68 AD Nymphidus tries to become emperor himself but is killed by the praetorians.
68 AD Galba, encouraged by Nymphidus, departs Spain for Rome
68 AD Gaius Nymphidius Sabinus, the Praetorian Prefect turns the Praetorian Guard against Nero with promises of rewards by Galba upon his arrival
68 AD Lucius Verginius Rufus, legionary commander in Upper Germany defeats Vindex at Vesonto. Verginius refuses the emperorship offered him by his soldiers
68 AD March Gaius Julius Vindex, governor of Gallia Lugdunensis rebels
68 AD April Servius Galba, governor of Hispania Tarraconensis rebels.
68 AD May Lucius Clodius Macer, legate of the III legio Augusta in Africa rebels. He is later executed by Galba
68 AD 9 June Deposed and abandoned, Nero committs suicide.
68 AD October Galba arrives at the capital, accompanied by Marcus Salvius Otho, the governor of Lusitania.
69 AD Valens is captured in Gaul and executed.
69 AD Caecina begin to collaborate with the Flavians, but is arrested by his own soldiers.
69 AD Vespasianus set out from Syria to Alexandria. His son Titus Flavius Vespasianus is given command of the army besieging Jerusalem.
69 AD January Galba adopts Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus.
69 AD 1 January The troops in Upper and Lower Germany refuses to declare allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming the commander in Lower Germany, Aulus Vitellius emperor.
69 AD 15 January The Praetorians declare Otho emperor and publicly kills Galba and Piso.
69 AD 14 April Otho's army is defeated at the Battle of Bedriacum but Vitellius's marshals Aulus Caecina Alienus and Fabius Valens.
69 AD 16 April Otho commits suicide.
69 AD 19 April The senate hails Vitellius as emperor.
69 AD June Vitellius enters Rome.
69 AD 1 July The legions of Egypt under Tiberius Julius Alexander swear allegiance to Vespasianus.
69 AD 3 July The legions of Judaea declare for Vespasianus
69 AD August The Danube legions, former supporters of Otho. Under leadership of Antonius Primus, commander of the VI legion in Pannonia and Cornelius Fuscus, imperial procurator in Illyricum, and the legions of Syria all declare for Vespasianus.
69 AD October Vitellius's leaderless army is defeated by Priums in the Second Battle of Bedriacum.
69 AD December The City Prefect, Titus Flavius Sabinus convinces Vittelius to abdicate, but is forced to flee to the Capitol where he is killed by Vitellius' German troops.
69 AD 20 December The Flavian army enters Rome, Vitellius is hauled half-naked to the Forum, where he is tortured, killed and tossed into the Tiber.
69 AD 21 December Vespasian is granted all the honors and privileges of the emperorship.
70 AD Titus begins the assault on Jerusalem.
70 AD August The Fall of Jerusalem. The Temple is burned to the ground and all the captives buthcered.
75 AD Helvidius Priscus, advocate of senatorial independence, is exiled and later executed.
79 AD Erruption of Vesuvius. Titus spends large sums to reliev distress in the area
79 AD 23 Vespasianus dies peacfully at Aquae Cutiliae after a brief illness. Titus becomes emperor.
80 AD Fire destroys large sections of Rome.
81 AD Domitianus raises the silver content of the denarius by 12%
81 AD September Titus dies. He is succeded by his younger brother Titus Flavius Domitianus.
85 AD Oppius Sabinus, governor of Moesia, is killed by invading Dacians.
85 AD Domitianus devaluates the denarius.
86 AD Tettius Julianus, governor of Upper Moesia defeats the Dacians at Tapae in the Second Dacian War.
86 AD The Prateorian Prefect, Cornelius Fuscus, defeats the Dacians in the First Dacian War.
86 AD Domitianus founds the Ludi Capitolini, the Capitoline Games.
89 AD The Chatti in Gaul are subdued
89 AD Domitianus attacks the Suebian Marcomanni and Quadi in the First Pannonian War.
89 AD Decebaulus, king of the Dacians, is offered a settlement.
89 AD January The governor of Upper Germany, L. Antonius Saturnius revolts at Mainz. The revolt is promptly suppressed.
92 AD Domitianus beats the Suebi and the Sarmatians in the Second Pannonian War.
96 AD 18 September Domitianus is assassinated and is succeeded by Marcus Cocceius Nerva.
97 AD October Nerva announces the adoption of Marcus Ulpius Traianus.
97 AD October The praetorian guards under Casperius Aelianus mutinies, demanding that Nerva hands over Domitianus' murderers
98 AD 1 January Nerva suffers a stroke.
98 AD 27 January Nerva dies and is succeded by Trajan.
101 AD Trajan invades Dacia.
102 AD Decebalus capitulates and swears obedience to Trajan.
105 AD The kindom of Nabatene is absorbed into the empire as the province of Arabia.
106 AD Decebalus begins raiding across the Danube. Trajan invades Dacia for the second time. Decebalus, driven from his capital of Sarmizegethusa, commits suicide.
113 AD Trajan begins preparations for war against Parthia, after the Parthians places their candidate upon the throne of Armenia without consultation with Rome.
114 AD Trajan attacks Parthia through Armenia
117 AD Hadrian gives up all of Trajan's eastern conquests
117 AD Trajan take Babylon and Ctesiphon. He plans to return to Rome.
117 AD 8 August Trajan dies at Selinus in Cilicia.
117 AD 9 August Plotina, Trajan's wife announce Trajan's adoption of Publius Ælius Trajanus Hadrianus
117 AD 11 August The army of Syria hails Hadrian as emperor.
118 AD July Hadrian arrives in Rome. The records of 900 000 000 sesterces of uncollectable debt are publicly burned.
122 AD Construction of the Hadrian wall begins
130 AD Antinous drowns during the Hadrian's Nile cruise.
138 AD Antonius adopts Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus and Marcus Annius Verus, now Marcus Aelius Aurelius Verus.
138 AD Hadrian adopts Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus.
138 AD 10 July Hadrian dies at Baiae, and is succeded by Antoninus Pius.
142 AD War against the Brigantes in Britain. The construction of the Antonine Wall.
161 AD King Vologaeses III of Parthia places his own candidate on the Armenian throne. Marcus Aurelius sends Lucius Verus east to defeat Parthia. Avidius Cassius is appointed general of the forces in Syria.

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