CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
|
B.C. |
|
|
1200: |
Goidelic Celts invade England |
|
900: |
Brythonic and Belgic Celts invade England |
|
350: |
Pytheas of Marseilles explores the North Sea |
|
248: |
Arsacid Dynasty begins in Parthia |
|
241-10: |
Sicily becomes a province |
|
238: |
Sardinia and Corsica acquired |
|
211-190: |
Arsaces II of Parthia |
|
197: |
Spain acquired |
|
170-38: |
Mithridates I of Parthia |
|
168: |
Macedonia acquired |
|
167: |
Illyricum |
|
146: |
Achaea, “Africa,” Epirus |
|
145-130: |
Ptolemy VII |
|
135-105: |
John Hyrcanus, King of Judea |
|
135-51: |
Poseidonius |
|
133: |
Attalus III bequeaths Pergamum |
|
124-88: |
Mithridates II of Parthia |
|
121: |
Gallia Narbonensis |
|
112-05: |
The Jugurthine War |
|
110: |
Philo of Byzantium, physicist |
|
104-78: |
Alexander Jannaeus, King of Judea |
|
102: |
Cilicia; Pamphylia |
|
88-4: |
First Mithridatic War |
|
88: |
Massacre of Romans in Near East |
|
83-1: |
Second Mithridatic War |
|
78-69: |
Alexandra, Queen of Judea |
|
76: |
Timomachus of Byzantium, painter |
|
75-63: |
Third Mithridatic War |
|
74: |
Bithynia |
|
74-67: |
Cyrene and Crete |
|
69-63: |
Aristobulus II, King of Judea |
|
64: |
Syria |
|
63: |
Pontus and Judea become Roman provinces |
|
63-40: |
Hyrcanus II, King of Judea |
|
58: |
Cyprus |
|
58-50: |
Caesar conquers Gaul |
|
55,54: |
Caesar in Britain |
|
50: |
Hero of Alexandria; Meleager of Gadara |
|
46: |
Numidia |
|
40: |
Parthians invade Syria |
|
37-4: |
Herod the Great |
|
30: |
Egypt |
|
25: |
Galatia |
|
B.C. |
|
|
25-4: |
Aelius Gallus’ expedition into Arabia Felix |
|
17: |
Upper and Lower Germany acquired |
|
15: |
Noricum; Raetia |
|
14: |
Maritime Alps |
|
11: |
Moesia |
|
7: |
Fl. Strabo, geographer |
|
4(?): |
Birth of Christ |
|
B.C.. 4-6 A.D.: |
Archelaus, King of Judea; Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee |
|
A.D 17: |
Cappadocia |
|
40: |
Mauretania |
|
43: |
Britain |
|
47: |
Revolt of Caractacus |
|
50: |
Dioscorides, pharmacologist |
|
51-63: |
War between Parthia and Rome |
|
55-60: |
Corbulo subjugates Armenia |
|
61. |
Revolt of Boudicca |
|
64: |
Cottian Alps |
|
70-80: |
Roman conquest of Wales |
|
77-84: |
Agricola, governor of Britain |
|
72: |
Extinction of Seleucid Dynasty |
|
89: |
Plutarch in Rome |
|
90: |
Epictetus |
|
95: |
Dio Chrysostom |
|
100: |
Apollodorus of Damascus, architect |
|
105: |
Arabia Petrea |
|
107: |
Dacia |
|
114: |
Armenia, Assyria, Mesopotamia |
|
115: |
Soranus of Ephesus, physician |
|
117: |
Hadrian relinquishes Armenia and Assyria |
|
120: |
Marinus of Tyre, geographer |
|
122: |
Hadrian’s Wall in England |
|
130: |
Aelia Capitolina founded on site of Jerusalem; Theon of Smyrna, mathematician; Arrian of Nicomedia, historian; Claudius Ptolemy, astronomer |
|
142: |
Wall of Antoninus Pius in England |
|
147-91: |
Vologeses III of Parthia |
|
150: |
Lucian; Aelius Aristides |
|
160: |
Galen, physician; Pausanias, geographer |
|
190: |
Sextus Empiricus, philosopher |
|
227: |
End of the Arsacid Dynasty |