BC
50 ------ Julius Caesar completes the conquest of Gaul.
49 ------ Caesar crosses the Rubicon River. Civil War begins.
44 ------ Caesar assassinated.
43 ------ Second triumvirate formed; Antony, Lepidus, Octavian (later called Augustus) rule together. The poet Ovid born.
42 ------ Defeat of Brutus and Cassius, Caesar's assassins, in Greece.
40 ------ Octavian marries Scribonia.
39 ------ Octavian divorces Scribonia, marries Livia.
36 ------ Octavian eliminates Sextus Pompeius and Lepidus.
35-33 ------ Campaigns in Illyricum and Dalmatia.
31 ------ Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra at Actium.
30 ------ Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide. Egypt annexed.
29 ------ Beginning of Pax Romana.
28 ------ Octavian appointed Princeps Senatus.
27 ------ Octavian given the title Augustus Caesar, becomes Emperor.
19 ------ The poet Virgil dies. His unfinished epic poem The Aeneid is published posthumously.
18 & 17 ------ Augustus introduces moral legislation.
12 ------ Augustus assumes office of Pontifex Maximus. Tiberius, Augustus' stepson, leads military campaigns (through 7 BC).
11 ------ Augustus' daughter Julia and Tiberius marry after Augustus forces him to divorce his wife.
6 ------ Tiberius retires to Rhodes, abandoning Julia.
ca. 6-4 ------ Jesus born.
ca. 4 BC-AD 1 ------ Seneca born.
2 ------ Julia accused of numerous adulteries. Augustus banishes her from Rome.
ca. 1 ------ Ovid publishes The Art of Love.
AD
2 ------ Tiberius summoned back to Rome, named Augustus' heir.
6 ------ Annexation of Judaea.
8 ------ Augustus banishes Ovid to Tomis on the Black Sea.
9 ------ Legions under Roman General Varus destroyed in Germany.
14 ------ Augustus dies, Tiberius named Emperor. Tiberius cuts off allowance for Julia. She dies of malnutrition later that year. The general Germanicus campaigns in Germany (through 17 BC).
17 ------ Ovid dies in Tomis on the Black Sea.
19 ------ Germanicus dies, possibly murdered. Germanicus' widow, Agrippina the Elder, aligns herself with senators against Sejanus.
23 ------ Sejanus begins treason trials. Pliny the Elder born.
26 ------ Tiberius retires to the island of Capri, never to return to Rome.
29 ------ Agrippina the Elder exiled, her sons later arrested.
30 or 33 ------ Jesus crucified.
31 ------ Tiberius orders Senate to execute Sejanus for treason.
33 ------ Agrippina the Elder starves to death in exile.
37 ------ Tiberius dies. Caligula, Germanicus' son, named Emperor.
39-40 ------ The Jewish scholar Philo of Alexandria travels to Rome to present case to Caligula.
41 ------ Caligula assassinated. Claudius named Emperor. Seneca exiled to Corsica.
43 ------ Conquest of Britain begins.
46-57 ------ Paul undertakes three missionary journeys around the Eastern Mediterranean.
48 ------ Murder of Messalina, wife of Claudius.
49 ------ Claudius marries Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero. Seneca brought back from exile to tutor the young Nero.
54 ------ Claudius assassinated by Agrippina the Younger. Nero named Emperor.
59 ------ Nero orders murder of his mother, Agrippina the Younger.
61 ------ Boudicca rebels against Roman legions in Britain. Pliny the Younger born.
64 ------ Rome burns. Nero blames Christians for the fire, order first persecution.
65 ------ Nero kicks his wife Poppaea to death. The Pisonian conspiracy against Nero fails. The philosopher Seneca and others forced to commit suicide.
66 ------ Jewish revolt begins. Vespasian leads legions against the Jews in Judaea.
67 ------ The Jewish leader Josephus surrenders to the Romans at Jotapata.
68 ------ Nero declared public enemy by the Senate, commits suicide, thereby ending the dynasty of Augustus. Galba named Emperor.
69 ------ Galba assassinated. Civil war erupts as generals fight for the throne. Otho and Vitellius reign briefly. Vespasian named Emperor and founds the Flavian dynasty.
70 ------ Gospel of Mark written. The Temple of Jerusalem destroyed by Roman army.
73 ------ The Jewish fortress of Masada captured by Roman army.
79 ------ Vespasian dies. His son Titus named Emperor. Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Pliny the Elder killed.
80 ------ Colosseum completed.
81 ------ Titus dies. His brother Domitian named Emperor.
ca. 90 ------ Gospels of Matthew and Luke written.
96 ------ Domitian assassinated. Nerva named Emperor.
98 ------ Nerva dies. Trajan becomes Emperor, reigns until 117.
ca. 100 ------ Gospel of John written.- Page under construction