Roman Timeline - Chronology of Rome to A.D. 476

Part II - The Roman Empire

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The Empire

B.C. / A.D.

30-41. The Julian Emperors.
30-14. Augustus.

A.D.

14-37. Tiberius.
37-41. Caligula.
41-68. The Claudian Emperors.
41-54. Claudius.
54-68. Nero.
68-69. Galba.
69. Otho. Vitellius.
69-96. The Flavian Emperors.
69-79. Vespasian.
79. Destruction of Jerusalem.
79-81. Titus.
80. Destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii.
81-96. Domitian.
96-180. The 5 Good Emperors.
96-98. Nerva.
98-117. Trajan. Limit of Empire reached.
117-138. Hadrian.
138-161. Antoninus Pius.
161-180. Marcus Aurelius.
180-192. Commodus.
192-284. From Pertinax to Diocletian.
284-305. Diocletian.
306-337. Constantine the Great.
In the year A.D. 337, Constantine the Great, emperor of Rome died. It was also the year:
- Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans become emperor.
- Shapur II of Persia begins a war with the Roman Empire.
  [References: "The Last Days of Constantine: Oppositional Versions and Their Influence," by Garth Fowden. The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 84, (1994), pp. 146-170; and "Constantine and the Christians of Persia," by T. D. Barnes. The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 75, (1985), pp. 126-136.]
312. Edict of Milan.
325. Council of Nicea.
337-476. From Constantine to Romulus Augustulus.
395
In the year A.D. 395, the Emperor Theodosius died. It was also the year:
- The emperor was re-divided into an eastern and western part with Honorius in charge of the west and his brother Arcadius, in the east.
- Alaric, king of the Goths, wages war with the Roman Empire, breaking a long peace.
- Macrobius may have published Saturnalia.
  [Reference: "The Date and Identity of Macrobius," by Alan Cameron. The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 56, Parts 1 and 2 (1966), pp. 25-38.]
- Poet and rhetorician Ausonius died
  [Reference: "Ausonius and Juvenal," by Robert E. Colton. The Classical Journal, Vol. 69, No. 1 (Oct. - Nov., 1973), pp. 41-51.]
410
In the year A.D. 410, Alaric I, king of the Visigoths died. It was also the year:
- Alaric led the Goths in a sack of Rome
- Emperor Honorius informed the Romans in Britain that they would have to fend for themselves
  [Reference: "Zosimus 6. 10. 2 and the Letters of Honorius," by E. A. Thompson. The Classical Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 32, No. 2 (1982), pp. 445-462.]
- The Synod of Seleucia-Ctesiphon met to bring the Persian Christians into line with the West. It was also to establish the bishop of Seleucia as the Sassanid church's patriarch and that it followed the Nicene Creed.
  [References: "New References for the Symbol in Early Syrian Christianity," by A. Vööbus. Vigiliae Christianae, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Dec., 1972), pp. 291-296; and "Regnum Et Ecclesia," by F. W. Buckler. Church History, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Mar., 1934), pp. 16-40.]
455 Vandals under Gaiseric sack Rome.