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101 |
Start of Trajan's Dacian Wars against King Decebalus. Battle
of Tibiscum. |
101 |
Death of the historian Flavius Josephus. |
106 |
Trajan captures the city of Petra. |
106 |
Annexation of the province of Arabia Petraea by Trajan. |
107 |
The kingdom of Dacia is annexed into the Roman Empire by Trajan. |
109 |
The Roman writer Tacitus completes The Annales of Imperial Rome and
The Histories. |
113 |
Annexation of Armenia as a province by Trajan. Trajan's column is built in Rome. Death of the Roman historian Pliny the Younger, in Bithynia. |
114 |
The Arch of Trajan is completed in Beneventum. |
114 - 118 |
Revolt of the Jews in Cyrenaica, Egypt and Cyprus. |
116 |
Conquest of much of Parthia by Trajan. The Roman Empire reaches its
greatest size, 3.5 million square miles, and an estimated 60 million people. |
117 |
Battle of Hatra, Trajan is repulsed in the siege attempt and retires from the eastern campaign. |
117 |
Death of Trajan, ascension of Emperor Hadrian. |
118 |
Hadrian cancels all public debt and makes peace with eastern nations and partial withdrawal from Dacia. |
120 |
Death of the great Roman historian Tacitus. |
121 |
Beginning of Hadrian's travels throughout the empire. |
121 |
Birth of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius in Rome. |
122 |
Death of the Roman historian Suetonius. |
122 |
The construction of Hadrian's Wall is started . |
123 |
The Roman Pantheon is rebuilt by Hadrian. A Moorish revolt occurs
in the province of Mauretania.
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125 |
Hadrian returns to Rome. |
126 |
Birth of the Emperor Publius Helvius Pertinax, in the town of Alba
Pompeia Liguria. |
128 |
Completion of the original stretch of Hadrian's Wall. |
132 |
A Jewish revolt takes place(the last under Roman rule), the Simeon Bar-Kochba revolt. |
133 |
Birth of the Emperor Julianus. |
135 |
Birth of the Emperor Pescennius Niger, in Italy. |
135 |
The Bar-Kochba revolt is suppressed ending with the death of over
500,000 rebels. |
138 |
Death of Hadrian, Ascension of Antoninus Pius as the new emperor. |
139 |
The British tribe, the Brigantes are defeated by Lollius Urbicus. |
140 |
The emperor Antoninus Pius institutes the Puellae Faustinianae, a
charity foundation for daughters of the poorer people of Rome. |
142 |
Construction of the Antonine Wall is completed in Caledonia. |
145 |
Birth of the Emperor Albinus, in the town of Hadrumentum. |
146 |
Birth of the future emperor L. Septimius Severus near Leptis Magna,
in Africa. |
152 |
Revolts occur in the province of Egypt. |
154 |
The revolt of the Brigantes is finally crushed by the new governor
of Britain, Julius Verus. |
155 |
Birth of the historian Dio Cassius, in the city of Nicaea, in Bithynia. |
158 |
Birth of the Emperor Gordian I. |
161 |
Death of the Emperor Antonius Pius. Ascension of Marcus Aurelius
and co-emperor Lucius Verus. Birth of the Emperor Commodus. |
162 |
The Parthians invade the Roman province of Armenia. |
164 |
Birth of the Emperor Macrinus, in the city of Caesarea. |
165 - 166 |
Avidius Cassius invades Parthia. |
165 - 167 |
An outbreak of the plague occurs throughout the Roman Empire. |
167 - 180 |
Beginning of the Marcomannic and Quadi wars under Marcus Aurelius |
167 |
The plague devastates Rome, killing an estimated tenth of the population. |
168 |
Marcus Aurelius defeats the Marcomanni. |
169 |
Death of L. Verus. |
170 |
Death of the Roman writer Appian. |
172 |
An Egyptian peasant army defeats the Romans in Egypt and almost
captures Alexandria, before being repulsed by G.
Avidius Cassius. |
173 |
The Marcomanni are almost totally annihilated by Marcus Aurelius |
174 |
Marcus Aurelius defeats another Germanic tribe,
the Quadi. |
175 - 180 |
Marcus Aurelius writes his work the Meditations. |
175 |
Marcus Aurelius defeats the last of the major tribes in the Germanic war,
the Iazyges. |
175 |
A revolt against Marcus Aurelius occurs under the governor of Syria,
G. Avidius Cassius but he is assassinated by his own legionaries. |
177 |
Commodus is made joint emperor with Marcus Aurelius. |
177 |
The governor of Mauretania quells revolts in that province |
180 |
Death of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, who died from illness at Sirmium
in Pannonia. Ascension of Commodus and end of the era now known as the "5 Good Emperors" |
180 |
Commodus makes peace with the various Germanic and Sarmatian tribes. |
183 |
A plot against Commodus is uncovered. |
184 |
In Britain, the Roman forces led by the governor Ulpius Marcellus
lost the Antonine Wall against the raids of the Caledonians and Picts. |
186 |
A military revolt in Britain against the conditions under the rule
of Commodus is forcibly crushed by the governor of Britain, P. Helvius
Pertinax. |
188 |
Birth of the Emperor Caracalla. |
188 |
More military revolts in Germania. |
189 |
Birth of the Emperor Geta, who was born in Rome. |
190 |
Birth of the Emperor Decius, who was born near the city of Sirmium. |
190 |
The prefect of the grain supply Papyrius Dionysius manipulates the grain suppyly leading to the death of Praetorian Prefect M. Aurelius Cleander. |
190 |
Revolts in Africa aresuppressed
by P. Helvius Pertinax. |
192 |
Death of the Emperor Commodus, strangled in a bath by the
wrestler Narcissus, sparking a civil war. Birth of the Emperor Gordian
II. |
192 |
A disastrous fire breaks out in Rome, where the imperial archives
are destroyed. |
193 |
P. Helvius Pertinax is hailed as the new emperor of Rome. Later killed
by all of the Praetorian Guard after ruling for only 86 days. |
193 |
Emperor Julianus buys the position of emperor from the senate. Later
executed by Senatorial authority after a 66 day rule. |
193 |
Septimus Severus is proclaimed as emperor of Rome, as is Pescennius
Niger and Clodius Albinus. |
193 |
Completion of the Column of Marcus Aurelius, in honor of his victories
over the Marcomanni. |
194 |
Battles between the forces of Pescennius Niger and Septimus Severus
near the city of Cyzicus and Nicea. Severus finally victorious at Issus. |
195 |
Birth of the Emperor Valerian. Death of the Emperor Pescennius Niger,
who was captured and killed by troops of Septimus Severus. |
195 |
The new Emperor Septimus Severus brings the Parthians andiabenians
under Roman authority. |
196 |
The city of Byzantium is sacked by Emperor Septimus Severus after
a long siege. |
197 |
Clodius Albinus meets Severus in battle at Lugdunum and Albinus is
beaten and killed. Severus stands as the lone emperor. |
198 |
Capture of the Parthian capital of Ctesiphon by Emperor Septimus
Severus, who re-annexed the province of Mesopotamia which had previously
been lost. |
200 |
There is a massive trade recession in the Mediterranean world. |
