CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX.

B.C. PAGE
1230(Supposed) Pelasgic migration to Italy, [14]
1184(Supposed) Arrival of Æneas in Latium, [19], [63]
753(Supposed) foundation of the city of Rome, [23], [65]
750Union of the Romans and Sabines, [69]
716Death of Romulus, [70]
714Virtuous Administration of Numa, [71]
671Accession of Tullus Hostilius, [73]
665Duel between the Horatii and Curiatii—Destruction of Alba, [ib.]
639Accession of Ancus Martius, [75]
616{—— —— Tarquinius Priscus,[77]
The Augurs acquire importance in the state,[78]
578{Death of Tarquinius Priscus,[79]
Accession of Servius Tullius,[80]
The establishment of the Centuries,[32], [80]
534{Murder of Servius Tullius,[82]
Accession of Tarquinius Superbus,[83]
Gabii taken by stratagem,[84]
509{Expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, [87]
Establishment of Consuls, [88]
508{Conspiracy for the restoration of the Tarquinii,[ib.]
Death of Brutus, [89]
507War with Porsenna, [90]
498Lartius the first Dictator created, [92]
493{The Roman populace retire "to Mons Sacer, [94]
Tribunes of the people appointed, [36], [95]
487{Exile of Coriolanus, [97]
Rome besieged by Coriolanus, [98]
His retreat and death, [100]
484 Condemnation and death of Cassius,[ib.]
459 First Dictatorship of Cincinnatus, [101]
457 Second ditto, [102]
454 The Romans send to Athens for Solon's laws, [35], [106]
451 The laws of the Twelve Tables—The Decemviri, [107]
449 The expulsion of the Decemviri, [114]
443 Military Tribunes chosen instead of Consuls, [116]
442 The Censorship instituted,[ib.]
439 Mælius murdered by Ahala, [118]
406 The siege of Veii begun, [119]
396 Veii taken by Camillus, [120]
391 The Gauls invade Italy, [122]
390{The battle of Allia. Rome sacked by the Gauls, [124]
The Gauls defeated by Camillus, [127]
383 Manlius put to death on a charge of treason, [129]
361 Curtius devotes himself in the Forum, [129]
342 Beginning of the Samnite war, [131]
339{Manlius puts his son to death for disobedience, [133]
Decius devotes himself for his country, [134]
320 A Roman army forced to surrender to the Samnites in the Caudine Forks, [136]
280 Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, invades Italy, [137]
272 —— finally defeated by Curius Dentatus, [142]
270 Tarentum surrendered to the Romans, [143]
264 Commencement of the first Punic war, [144]
260 The Carthaginian fleet defeated by Duilius, [145]
256 Regulus defeated by Xantippus, [147]
252 Regulus sent to negociate peace. His death, [149]
241 End of the first Punic war, [150]
234{The temple of Janus shut, and Rome at peace, for the first time since the death of Numa, [151]
Literature cultivated at Rome, [152]
229 War with the Illyrians,[ib.]
225{The Gauls invade Italy a second time,[ib.]
—— are defeated by Marcellus, who gains the spolia opima, [153]
218{The second Punic war begins,[ib.]
Hannibal invades Italy, [154]
Battle of the Ticenus, [155]
—— of the Trebia,[ib.]
217 —— of the lake Thrasymene, [156]
216 —— of Cannæ, [158]
214 The Romans begin an auxiliary war against Philip of Macedon, [164]
212 Syracuse taken by Marcellus, [161]
207 Asdrubal defeated and slain,[ib.]
202 Battle of Zama and end of the second Punic war, [162]
197 Philip conquered by the Romans, [165]
192 The Romans wage war against Antiochus,[ib.]
189 Death of Hannibal, [166]
171 Commencement of the second Macedonian war,[ib.]
168 Macedon became a Roman province, [167]
149 The third Punic war begins,[ib.]
147 Carthage destroyed by Scipio, and Corinth by Munimius, [169]
132 Sedition of Tiberius Gracchus, [170]
126 Revolt of the slaves in Sicily, [172]
122 Seditions of Caius Gracchus,[ib.]
121 Murder of Caius Gracchus. Persecution of the popular party, [175]
111 The Jugurthine war begins, and lasts five years, [178]
91 The social war begins, and lasts three years, [181]
89 The Mithridatic war begins, and lasts twenty-six years,[ib.]
88 The civil war between Marius and Sylla,[ib.]
86{Cruelties of Marius, [184]
Death of Marius, [185]
82 Sylla created dictator, [186]
78 Death of Sylla, [187]
73 The insurrection of the slaves under Spartacus note,[ib.]
66 Mithridates conquered by Pompey, [189]
63 Catiline's conspiracy detected, [190]
60 The first Triumvirate. Cæsar, Pompey, and Crassus, [193]
55 Cæsar invades Britain, [194]
53 Crassus slain in Parthia, [196]
50 Civil war between Cæsar and Pompey, [197]
48{The battle of Pharsalia, [208]
Death of Pompey, [216]
47 Alexandria taken by Cæsar, [221]
46{The war in Africa, [224]
Death of Cato, [225]
45{The war in Spain, [226]
The battle of Munda,[226]
44 Cæsar murdered in the senate house, [230]
43{Formation of the second Triumvirate—Antony, Octavius (Augustus) and Lepidus, [233]
The Proscription. The murder of Cicero, [234]
42 The battle of Philippi, [239]
32 Octavius (Augustus) and Antony prepare for war,[249]
31 The battle of Actium, [251]
30{The death of Antony, [257]
Alexandria surrendered, [258]
Death of Cleopatra, [261]
27 The title of Augustus given to Octavius, [265]
A.D.
4 Birth of JESUS CHRIST (four years before the vulgar era), [271]
14 Death of Augustus, [270]
19 Death of Germanicus by poison, [274]
26 The retreat of Tiberius to Capreæ, [276]
31 Disgrace and downfall of Sejanus, [277]
33 The Crucifixion, [279]
37 The Accession of Caligula,[ib.]
41 Caligula murdered by Cherea, [284]
43 Claudius invades Britain, [287]
51 Caractacus carried captive to Rome, [288]
54 Nero succeeds Claudius, [290]
59 Nero murders his mother, [291]
64 First general persecution of the Christians, [292]
65 Seneca, Lucan, and others, executed for conspiracy, [294]
68 Suicide of Nero. Accession of Galba, [297]
69{Death of Galba, [299]
Defeat and death of Otho, [300]
Defeat and death of Vitellius. Accession of Vespasian, [304]
70 Siege and capture of Jerusalem, [305]
79{Death of Vespasian. Accession of Titus, [308]
Eruption of Vesuvius: destruction of Herculaneum, [309]
81 Death of Titus. Accession of Domitian, [310]
88 The Dacian war, [312]
96{Assassination of Domitian, [315]
Accession of Nerva, [317]
98 Death of Nerva. Accession of Trajan, [318]
107 Third general persecution of the Christians, [321]
117 Death of Trajan. Accession of Adrian, [322]
121 A wall to restrain the incursions of the Picts and Scots erected in Britain by Adrian, [323]
131 Great rebellion of the Jews, [324]
136 Death of Adrian. Accession of Antoninus Pius, [326], [327]
161 Accession of Marcus Aurelius, and Lucius Verus, [323]
162 The Parthian war,[ib.]
169 The war with the Marcomanni, [331]
180{Death of Marcus Aurelius, [332]
Accession of Commodus, [333]
192{Commodus murdered by Marcia and Lætus, [334]
Assassination of Pertinax, [335]
200{Roman empire offered for sale,[ib.]
Severus subdues the Parthians, [338]
211 Death of Severus at York. Accession of Caracalla and Geta, [339]
217 Assassination of Caracalla, [340]
218 Accession of Heliogabalus, [341]
222{His miserable death,[ib.]
Accession of Alexander Severus, [342]
235 Death of Alexander. Maximin elected emperor, [343]
236 Assassination of Maximin, [344]
238Accession of Gordian, [345]
244His murder by Philip,ib.
248 Philip killed by his soldiers: succeeded by Decius, [346]
251 Decius slain in an ambuscade: succeeded by Gallus,[ib]
254 Death of Gallus: a disputed succession, [347]
270 Accession of Aurelian, [348]
275 Brief reign of Tacitus, [349]
282 Assassination of the emperor Probus,[ib.]
284 Accession of Dioclesian, [351]
304 The reign of Constantius and Galerius, [352]
312 Victory of Constantino over Maxentius, [353]
319 Favour showed to the Christians, [354]
324 Defeat of Licinius, [355]
325 Legal establishment of Christianity, [355], [393]
328 The seat of government removed from Rome to Byzantium, which city from thenceforward takes the name of Constantinople, from the emperor Constantine, [356]
337{Death of Constantine, and division of the empire among his sons, [357]
(Destruction of the Flavian Family, [359]
338 War between Constantius and Sapor, [360]
340 Constantine the younger defeated and slain by his brother Constans, [361]
350 Constans killed by Magnentius,[ib.]
351 Magnentius totally defeated at the fatal battle of Mursa, [362]
354 Gallas put to death by Constantius, [363]
360 The civil war between Constantius and Julian prevented by the death of the former, [364]
362 Julian's attempt to rebuild the temple of Jerusalem defeated, [365]
363 Death of Julian in the Persian war. Brief reign of Jovian, [366]
364 The empire divided between Valenlinian and Valens, [367]
376{The Goths permitted to settle in Thrace, [369], [386]
First appearance of the Huns in Europe, [369]
378 The emperor Valens defeated by the Goths at Adrianople,[ib.]
379 Theodosius becomes emperor of the East, [370]
388 The usurper Maximus defeated and slain, [371]
392 Reunion of the Eastern and Western empires, under Theodosius, [372]
395 Death of Theodosius, and final separation of the Eastern and Western empires,[ib.]
398 Revolt of Gildo in Africa, [374]
405 Stilicho obtains two victories over the Goths, [375]
406 The Vandals and Alans settle in Gaul, [376], [386]
408 Alaric, king of the Goths, besieges Rome, [378]
410 Rome taken and plundered by the Goths, [379]
412 Beginning of the Vandal kingdom in Spain, [386]
415 Commencement of the kingdom of the Visigoths, [379], [386]
423 Death of Honorius. Accession of Valentinian, [379]
430 The Vandals invited to Africa by count Boniface, [370], [385]
447 The Huns under the guidance of Attila, ravage Europe, [380]
449 The Britons, deserted by the Romans, invite the Sarons and Angles to their assistance, [389]
455 Rome taken and plundered by Genseric, the king of the African Vandals, [381]
476 Augustulus, the last emperor of the West deposed, Odoacer takes the title of king of Italy, [383]
453 Subversion of the Eastern empire, [384], [390]

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