Timeline
Timeline
Timeline
Date BC
Etruria
Pompeii
Rome
Art/Literature
The World
Pharaohs rule Egypt Indo-European migrations Minoan Civilization Development of Hinduism Exodus of Jews from Egypt Trojan War
31001166
900-750
753
st
Rome founded! Royal Period to 509 1 Etruscan King of Rome Tarquinius Priscus 509 Last king of Rome Etruscan Tarquinius Superus Decline of Etruscan. influence Greek merchants settle in Pompeii 7 Kings-Etruscan, Roman, Sabine
700-600
600-500
509 End Royal period; beginning of Republic; Etruscan wars Cincinnatus named dictator, returned to farm after Etruscans defeated
Earliest Latin inscription, tomb painting, Temples of Diana, Fortuna Jupiter Capitolinus & walls of Servius Tullius
500-400
C. 500 lapis Niger 451-450 12 tables Temples-Ceres, Saturn, Castor & Apollo
The Capitoline Wolf, early th 5 century BC
400-300
(Pericles, son of Xanthippus, Athenian inscription from a famous portrait bust)
390 Rome sacked by Gauls 338 Campania-a roman state 334-264 Colonization of Italy nd 327-304 2 Samnite War
378 Walls rebuilt around Rome. 312 Via Appia. Aqua Appia
Date 300-200
Etruria
Pompeii
Rome
Art/Literature
The World
200-100
100-60
Pyrrhus invasion Italy 2 wars v. Carthage 218 Hannibal crosses Alps rd 150 End 3 Punic war Rome expands beyond Italy Direct taxation on Roman citizens abolished Gracchi Bros. 91-86 War w/ allies 83-82 Civil War Marius v. Sulla 73-71 Revolt of Spartacus 63 Catalinian conspiracy 62 Catullus comes to Rome st 60 1 Triumvirate
221 Many temples Pottery industry Circus flaminius Cato Cir. Temple-Forum Boarium Greek art to Rome Playwrights:Terence & Plantus
Born: Philosopher: 94-95 Lucretius Historian: 86-34 Sallust Poets: 84-85 Catullus, 65-68 Horace & 70 Virgil
27-4
58-49 Caesar conquers Gaul 49 Caesardictator 44 Caesar killed nd 2 triumvirate 27 Augustus emperor end of Republic 4 Birth of Jesus Etruria Pompeii Rome Augustus dies Tiberius Emperor
Born: Historian Livy Poet Ovid 31 Death Marc Antony Aeneid written
AD 14 c. 29 37 41 42 43 54 59-60 61-79
Art/Literature
The World
Jesus dies Caligula-Emperor Claudius-Emperor St, Peter to Rome Invasion S. Britain Nero-Emperor 59 Pompeii riot 62 Earthquake 79 Vesuvius erupts; Pliny the Elder dies in eruption 64 Great Fire/Christian persecution 69 Yr. of 4 emperors (tetrarchy). 70 Vespasian Emperor 79 Titus Emperor 79 Colosseum dedicated; Seneca Orator-Martial PoetPliny, Pliny the Elder & Younger, letters; Tacitus,-historian
Date 81 96 98 100-300
Etruria
Pompeii
Rome
Art/Literature
The World
Domitian Emperor Nerva Emperor Trojan Emperor 117 Hadrian Emperor Roman citizenship to all free inhabitants in provinces 161 Marcus Aurelius-emp. philosopher Diocletian Emperor 312 Constantine defeats Maxentius at the Battle of Milivian Bridge (In hoc signo, vinces) 303 Persecution of Christians 410 Visigoths sack Rome 455 Rome pillaged by vandals 476 Last Roman emperor falls to the Ostrogoths (the Roman empire persisted in Byzantium until 1453 AD!) 540 Byzantine reconquest of Italy 118 Pantheon rebuilt 126 Hadrians VillaTivoli 216 Baths Caracalla 271 Aurelian walls Juvenal-poet Suetonius-history Apuleius-novelist Arch of Constantine churches of Rome Church of St. Peter established by Constantine, first public church
300-500
313 Constantine supports Christianity in empire 330 Constantine moves Roman capitol to Constantinople in Byzantium, Asia Minor (modern day Turkey)
Writers: Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine St. Sophia in Constantinople 570 birth of Mohammed Charlemagne and HRE Magna Charta
500-600
Rome a free city after 300 years of turmoil Rise of cities, universities in Europe Turks capture Constantinople Gutenberg invents moveable type in Germany Pope Alexander VI crowned Renaissance Fontana rediscovers Pompeii Charles III king of Naples conducts treasure hunt at Pompeii 1797 Napoleon invades Italy Born--Poets- English 1770 Wordsworth 1788 Byron 1792 Shelley America born Columbus to America, October 29
1200
1453 1454
17701797
Date 18061807
Etruria
Pompeii / Environs
Rome
Art/Literature
The World
18091830
Sarcophagus
18311848
Born--Writer- Russian 1809 Gogel 1818 Turgenev 1821 Dostoyevsky 1828 Tolstoy Poets- American 1830 Emily Dickinson Writer- English 1811Thackeray 1815 Trollope 1816-20 Brontes 1835 Austen 1830 Dickens Writer- American 1811 Stowe 1819 Melville 1840 Edgar Allan Poe publishes suspenseful short stories in United States Karl Marx-Economic Theory Victor Emmanual II King of Italy Writer- English 1865 Kipling 1888 Eliot Writer- American 1911 Tennessee Williams
End HRE 1800 Estimated world population nears 1 billion: that of Europe is 180 million 1814 NapoleonWaterloo
1831 Invention of mechanical McCormick Reaper 1848 Discovery of Gold in America West Civil War USA (1861-1865) Emancipation of Slaves USA 1865 End of Civil War USA 1867 Canada dominion 1st World War Russian Revolution End of 1st WW Women in US vote Great depression Canada becomes a commonwealth 2nd WW
Fiorelli-excavates Pompeii
1939
1944
Italy a Republic
Korean War Americans in spaceAlan Shepard begin Viet Nam War Berlin Wall falls Ferrari begins production of 550
2002 +