CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
| B. C. | A. U. C. | LITERARY CHRONOLOGY. | CIVIL CHRONOLOGY. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Era. | |||
| 753–510 | 1–244 | Chant of the Arvalian Brotherhood; Saturnian measure; Salian hymn; Pontifical annals; Libri Lintei. | Regal period. |
| 449 | 305 | Laws of the Twelve Tables; the so-called Leges Regiæ. | The Decemvirs deposed. |
| 390 | 364 | - - - | Rome taken by Gauls. |
| 364 | 390 | Stage-players sent for from Etruria. | The year following the death of Camillus. |
| 326–304 | 428–450 | The Tiburtine inscription - | Second Samnite War. |
| 280 | 474 | Appius Claudius Cæcus; Ti. Coruncanius. | The year following the arrival of Pyrrhus. |
| 264 | 490 | - - - | Commencement of first Punic war. |
| 260 | 494 | The Columna Rostrata; epitaphs on the Scipios. | Fifth year of the first Punic war. |
| 241 | 513 | - - - | Conclusion of the first Punic war. |
| 240 | 514 | Livius Andronicus. | |
| 239 | 515 | Birth of Ennius. | |
| 235 | 519 | Cnæus Nævius flourished. | The Temple of Janus closed for the second time. |
| 227 | 527 | Birth of Plautus; funeral oration of Q. Metellus. | |
| 219 | 535 | Q. Fabius Pictor; L. Cincius Alimentus; birth of Pacuvius | |
| 204 | 550 | Ennius brought to Rome; Corn. Cethegus; P. Licinius Crassus. | |
| 201 | 553 | Speech of Fabius Cunctator; Sextus Ælius Catus. | Conclusion of second Punic war. |
| 195 | 559 | M. Porcius Cato consul; Licinius Tegula. | |
| 186 | 568 | Senatus-consultum respecting the Bacchanals. | The year following the condemnation of L. Scipio. |
| 184 | 570 | Cæcilius Statius flourished; he died A. U. C. 586; death of Plautus. | Censorship of M. Porcius Cato. |
| 183 | 571 | - - - | Deaths of Hannibal and Scipio Africanus. |
| 181 | 573 | The (so-called) books of Numa found. | |
| 179 | 575 | - - - | Accession of Perseus. |
| 170 | 584 | Attius born. | |
| 168 | 586 | - - - | Defeat of Perseus at Pydna. |
| 166 | 588 | Terence exhibits the Andrian; Sp. Carvilius; C. Sulpicius Gallus; Lavinius Luscius; T. Manlius Torquatus. | |
| 155 | 599 | The three Attic philosophers visit Rome; C. Acilius Glabrio; Crates Mallotes. | |
| 154 | 600 | M. Pacuvius; Scipio Æmilianus; Lælius. | |
| 150 | 604 | L. Afranius; S. Sulpicius Galba. | |
| 148 | 606 | Birth of C. Lucilius; Cassius Hemina; A. Postumius Albinus | Second year of the third Punic war. |
| 146 | 608 | - - - | End of third Punic war; Carthage and Corinth taken. |
| 138 | 616 | L. Attius flourished; Q. F. M. Servilianus; C. Fannius; Vennonius; C. Sempronius | Dec. Jun. Brutus consul. |
| 133 | 621 | M. Junius Brutus; P. Mucius Scævola; L. Cælius Antipater; Cn. S. and A. Gellii; L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi; Papirius Carbo; Lepidus Porcina; Ælius Tubero. | Murder of Tib. Gracchus; Numantia taken. |
| 129 | 625 | - - - | Death of Scipio Æmilianus; æt. 56. |
| 123 | 631 | C. Sempronius Gracchus; Sextus Turpilius; C. Lucilius flourished; Lævius; (?) C. Junius Gracchanus; M. Julius Pennus. | |
| 119 | 635 | L. Licinius Crassus accuses Carbo; M. Antonius (born B. C. 144.) | |
| 113 | 641 | - - - | War begun with the Cimbri. |
| 111 | 643 | - - - | First year of Jugurthine war. |
| 109 | 645 | Publius Sempronius Asellio; M. Æmilius Scaurus; P. Rutilius Rufus; Q. Lutatius Catulus. | |
| 106 | 648 | Birth of Cicero | Birth of Cn. Pompeius. |
| 100 | 654 | L. Ælius Stilo | Birth of Julius Cæsar. |
| 95 | 659 | Cotta; the Sulpicii; Hortensius; Q. Mucius Scævola; Lucretius born. | |
| 91 | 663 | Death of the orator Crassus. | |
| 90 | 664 | C. Licinius Macer; Q. Claudius Quadrigarius; Q. Valerius Antias; L. Lucullus; Sulla; Plotius Gallus. | Commencement of the Social war. |
| 87 | 667 | M. Antonius killed; Catullus born. | Massacres by Cinna and Marius. |
| 86 | 668 | Birth of Sallust | Death of Marius. |
| 84 | 670 | Attius probably died about this time, and Latin acting tragedy disappeared; L. Cornelius Sisenna. | |
| 82 | 672 | Births of Varro Atacinus and Licinius Calvus Valerius Cato. | Sulla’s proscription. |
| 78 | 676 | Commencement of Sallust’s history. | Death of Sulla. |
| 76 | 678 | Birth of Asinius Pollio. | |
| Second Era. | |||
| 74 | 680 | Roman prose literature arrived at its greatest perfection; Cicero twenty-two years of age. | Third Mithridatic war began. |
| 72 | 682 | - - - | Murder of Sertorius. |
| 71 | 683 | - - - | Defeat of Spartacus. |
| 70 | 684 | Cicero accuses Verres; Virgil born. | |
| 67 | 687 | C. Aquilius Gallus; C. Juventius; Sext. Papirius; L. Lucilius Balbus. | Pompey, entrusted with the war against the Pirates. |
| 65 | 689 | Birth of Horace | First Catilinarian conspiracy. |
| 63 | 691 | Pomponius Atticus; M. Terentius Varro Reatinus; L. Lueceius; Nigidius Figulus; Orbilius came to Rome in the fiftieth year of his age (Suet. de Ill. Gram. 9;) Q. Cornificius. | Consulship of Cicero; birth of Augustus; Jerusalem taken by Pompey. |
| 61 | 693 | Oration for Archias | Acquittal of Clodius. |
| 60 | 694 | - - - | First triumvirate. |
| 59 | 695 | Birth of T. Livius. | |
| 55 | 699 | - - - | Cæsar’s first invasion of Britain. |
| 54 | 700 | Julius Cæsar; Lucretius Carus; C. Val. Catullus; Æsopus; Q. Roscius; Licinius Calvus; Helvius Cinna; Ticida; Bibaculus; Varro Atacinus; Cornelius Nepos; A. Hirtius; C. Oppius; S. Sulpicius Rufus. | Cæsar’s second invasion of Britain. |
| 52 | 702 | Death of Lucretius. | |
| 49 | 705 | D. Laberius; C. Matius; P. Syrus. | J. Cæsar appointed Dictator. |
| 48 | 706 | - - - | Battle of Pharsalia; murder of Pompey. |
| 46 | 708 | - - - | Cæsar reforms the calendar. |
| 44 | 710 | C. Sallustius Crispus; Atteius Philologus; Asinius Pollio. | Murder of Julius Cæsar. |
| 43 | 711 | Death of Cicero; Valgius Rufus; birth of Ovid; death of Laberius. | Second triumvirate formed. |
| 42 | 712 | Horace at Philippi. | |
| 40 | 714 | - - - | Treaty of Brundisium. |
| 34 | 720 | Death of Sallust. | |
| 32 | 722 | Death of Atticus. | War declared against Antony. |
| 31 | 723 | Virgilius Maro (born B. C. 70;) Mæcenas; Horatius Flaccus; L. Varius; Albius Tibullus; Cornelius Gallus; Plotius Tucca; Bathyllus; Pylades; Trogus Pompeius. | Battle of Actium. |
| 29 | 725 | - - - | The three triumphs of Octavius; temple of Janus closed. |
| 28 | 726 | Palatine library founded; death of Varro. | |
| 27 | 727 | - - - | Octavius receives the title of Augustus. |
| 25 | 729 | J. Hyginus; S. Aurelius Propertius; Æmilius Macer; Ovidius Naso; Gratius Faliscus; Pedo Albinovanus; A. Sabinus; T. Livius; Ateius Capito; Vitruvius; Q. Cæcilius Epirota. | |
| 19 | 735 | Death of Virgil. | |
| 18 | 734 | Death of Tibullus. | |
| 17 | 737 | Carmen seculare of Horatius; | Ludi sæculares. Porcius Latro. |
| 15 | 739 | - - - | Tiberius and Drusus conquer the Vindelici. |
| 9 | 745 | History of Livy terminates. | |
| 8 | 746 | Death of Horace | The month Sextilis named Augustus. |
| 4 | 750 | - - - | Birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. |
| A. D. | |||
| 4 | 758 | Death of Asinius Pollio. | |
| 9 | 763 | Exile of Ovid | Defeat of Quintilius Varus. |
| 14 | 767 | - - - | Death of Augustus. |
| Third Era. | |||
| 16 | 769 | T. Phædrus | Sejanus the imperial favourite. |
| 18 | 771 | C. Asinius Gallus; deaths of Ovid and Livy; Valerius Maximus. | |
| 23 | 776 | Birth of C. Plinius Secundus. | Murder of Drusus. |
| 25 | 778 | Birth of Silius Italicus; death of Cremutius Cordus; M. Annæus Seneca; A. Cornelius Celsus; Arellius Fuscus; Valerius Maximus. | |
| 30 | 783 | Velleius Paterculus writes his history. | |
| 31 | 784 | - - - | Fall of Sejanus. |
| 34 | 787 | A. Persius Flaccus born. | |
| 37 | 790 | - - - | Death of Tiberius. |
| 40 | 793 | Lucan brought to Rome. | |
| 41 | 794 | Exile of Seneca | Caligula assassinated; Claudius emperor. |
| 43 | 796 | Birth of Martial; Pomponius Mela; L. Junius Columella; Remmius Fannius Palæmon. | Expedition of Claudius to Britain. |
| 49 | 802 | Recall of Seneca. | |
| 54 | 807 | L. Annæus Seneca; M. Annæus Lucanus; Cornutus; Persius; Cæsius Bassus; C. Silius Italicus; Q. Curtius Rufus. | Accession of Nero. |
| 59 | 812 | - - - | Murder of Agrippina. |
| 61 | 814 | Pliny the Younger born | Boadicea conquered by Suetonius Paullinus. |
| 62 | 815 | Death of Persius. | |
| 65 | 818 | Deaths of Seneca and Lucan. | |
| 66 | 819 | Martial came to Rome. | |
| 69 | 822 | - - - | Accession of Vespasian. |
| 70 | 823 | Saleius Bassus; C. Valerius Flaccus. | Jerusalem taken by Titus. |
| 74 | 827 | The dialogue De Oratoribus supposed to have been written. | |
| 77 | 830 | C. Plinius Secundus Major flourished. | |
| 78 | 831 | - - - | Agricola Governor of Britain. |
| 79 | 832 | Death of Pliny the Elder | Destruction of Herculaneum and Pompeii. |
| 80 | 833 | - - - | The Coliseum built. |
| 81 | 834 | - - - | Accession of Domitian. |
| 90 | 843 | M. F. Quintilianus; the Philosophers expelled by Domitian; Papinius Statius; Martialis. | |
| 93 | 846 | - - - | Death of Agricola. |
| 96 | 849 | - - - | Assassination of Domitian. |
| 98 | 851 | C. Cornelius Tacitus; C. Plinius Minor; Julius Frontinus; Suetonius Tranquillus; Annæus Florus; Julius Obsequens; D. Junius Juvenalis. | Accession of Trajan. |
| 104 | 857 | Pliny’s letter respecting the Christians. | |
| 117 | 870 | - - - | Accession of Hadrian. |
| 138 | 891 | S. Pomponius; Gaius | Accession of Antoninus Pius. |
| 161 | 914 | L. Appuleius; Minucius Felix; Tertullian. | Accession of M. Aurelius. |
THE END.
[1]. B. C. 210; A. U. C. 514.
[2]. A. D. 138; A. U. C. 891.
[3]. See Forster’s Essay on Greek Quantity, c. vi.
[4]. Pol. Hist. iii. 22; see Donaldson’s Varron.
[5]. Plin. N. H. iii. 14.
[6]. See Thucyd. ii. 6.