A.U.C. A.D. 769 Buildings in Rome. A.U.C. A.D. 16 **Temple of Fors Fortuna near the Tiber consecrated (Tacit. Annal., ii. 41). Theatre of Pompey finished (Suet., 774 780 769 14 Tabernacle or Temple of Mars Avenger (Ultor) consecrated. 4 16 Palace of Augustus and Tiberius on the Palatine (Dio, 50, 57; Tacit. Hist., i. 27.) Arch of Tiberius on the Clivus of the Capitol, at the Temple of Saturn (Tacit. Annal., ii. 41). Restoration of numerous temples. 6 781 790 794 II *Domus Caligula at north end of Palatine near the Forum, with **bridge (Suet., Tib., 23, 41). Macellum Augusti. (Medal.) 796 12 13 801 41 **Obelisk in the Vatican Garden, erected by Caligula to Augustus and Tiberius. (Inscription in situ.) Temple of Mars consecrated by Claudius (Dio, 60, c. 5). Contemporary Events. 14 Augustus proposes to build of brick 17 Triumph of Germanicus. Death of Livy, the historian. 18 Death of Ovid and Tibullus. 23-79 Pliny the Elder, author of Nat. Hist. 15-26 Valerius Maximus, historian. 27 Tiberius retires to Capri. 28 Death of Julia, grand-daughter of Augustus. 28 Thrace becomes a Roman province. THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST. 29 Death of Livia, æt. 86. 30 C. Velleius Paterculus, historian. 32 THE CRUCIFIXION. 33 Agrippina and her son Drusus put to death. 34 Great Fire in the Circus and on the Aventine (Tacit., vi. 45; Dio, 58, 26). 34-62 Persius, poet. 37 Celsus, physician. 37 Death of Tiberius, æt. 78. Birth of Nero. CALIGULA, EMPEROR. Persecution by Herod in Judæa. S. James Major, martyr. 40-90 Quintilian, orator and grammarian. 41 Caligula slain, æt. 29. Birth of Titus. CLAUDIUS, EMPEROR. 42 Philo-Judæus, historian. Columella, writer on husbandry. 43 Claudius goes to Britain. 43-104 Martial, epigrammatist. 44 Death of Agrippa, king of Judæa. 45 Pomponius Mela, geographer. 48 Messalina, wife of Claudius, is put to death. Lycia is made a Roman Province. 48 Agrippa the Younger succeeds to his Uncle Herod in Judæa. 49 Q. Curtius Rufus, historian. 49 Marriage of Claudius and Agrippina. **Tomb of T. Claudius Vitalis, near the Arches of Nero. (Inscription.) **Tomb of the Aterii. 50 Lucretius, poet, **Tomb with Columbaria of the 50 Nero adopted as a Cæsar, æt. 14. S. Paul at Corinth before Gallio. PHOTOGRAPHS 12 Nos. 1447, 1451. 16 Nos. 82, 83. 18 Nos. 59, 1078. A.U.C. A.D. 810 815 817 818 822 826 831 832 Buildings in Rome. **House of Nero (Plin., xxxvii. 24, 7; Tacit. Annal., xv. 39 and 42), called Domus transitoria before the fire, Domus aurea after the rebuilding. The Colossus, 120 ft. high, was in the vestibule of it. 3 Arcade of Aqueduct of Nero on the Cœlian (Frontinus). 4 A porticus or arcade built in front of the houses and shops by Nero (Tacit. Annal., xv. 43; Suetonius, Nero, 15 and 31) 5 62 **Thermæ Neronis begun (Crassus et Bassus Coss.; Suetonius in Neron., 12), restored by Alexander Severus (Lampridius in Alex. Sev., 25). A.U.C. A.D. Contemporary Events. 809 56 Enlargement of the Pomarium, so as to include the Aventine, and a third part of the Campus Martius in THE CITY. 814 815 6 57 The Christians persecuted by Nero (Suetonius in Nero, 15). 59 Nero puts his mother Agrippina to death. S. Paul at Cæsarea before Festus and Agrippa. 61 Queen Boadicea conquered. CARACTACUS, the British chief, is carried prisoner to Rome, with all his family as hostages (Tacit. Annal., xii. 36, 37). S. Paul at Rome. Eutropius, historian. Tacitus, historian. Statius, poet. 62 Octavia is slain in her 20th year. Nero marries Poppaa Sabina. Temple of Claudius built at Carrioludnum in Britain (Taciti Annal., xiv. 31). 64 Great Fire of Nero, burning nine days, attributed to the Christians (Suetonius in Neron., 16; Tertulliani Scorp., 14; Dio in Neron.) THE FIRST PERSECUTION OF THE CHRISTIANS. 818 65 SS. PETER AND PAUL, MARTYRS (Catalog. Vet. Pontif.; Eusebii Chronicon; Eusebii Hist. Eccles., ii. 25; Tertulliani Scorp., 15; Sulpit. Sever. Hist. S., xi. 41). Lucan and Seneca put to death. Apollonius of Tyana comes to Rome. 66 S. Linus, of Volterra, first Pope (Papa), according to Baronius. 67 S. Clement, a Roman, Bishop of Rome, according to some authorities. 819 12 820 832 C. Petronius Arbiter, satirist. 68 Nero stabs himself. GALBA, Emperor. 69 Famine in Judæa. 70 FLAVIUS VESPASIANUS AND TITUS VESPASIANUS, Emperors. 70 The Flavian Emperors celebrate the capture of Jerusalem. The temple of Janus is closed. 77 Silius Italicus, poet. 78 S. Cletus or Anacletus, of Athens, Bishop of Rome. Agricola in Britain. 79 Death of Pliny the Elder at Pompeii on Vesuvius, æt. 56. Pliny the younger then 18. VI. TIME OF THE EMPIRE. A.U.C. A.D. PART II. HADRIAN AND THE ANTONINES TO CONSTANTINE, A.D. 120 TO A.D. 330. Buildings in Rome. A.U.C. A.D. Contemporary Events. 871 118 HADRIANUS (ELIUS TRAJANUS), EMPEROR. Last siege of Jerusalem, the new HADRIAN forbids the punishment of Juvenal, poet, ob. Pausanias, author of the Periegesis. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, the Younger. Herodian, the grammarian. Appian, Greek historian, ob. 147. Hermas, the Pastor. 119 S. Sixtus I., a Roman, Bp. of Rome. 873 120 Hadrian commences a tour through the Provinces. ΤΟ The Colossus of Nero moved by The Roman Wall in Britain built. 122 Catacomb of S. Alexander, Via Nomentana vii. (Anastas. 7). 126 Dionysius of Halicarnassus. 127 S. Telesphorus, of Greece, Bp. of Rome. 135 Ælius Verus (or Varius ?) adopted as Cæsar, died three years afterwards. Arrian, Governor of Cappadocia. 889 137 Great Fire in Rome, 310 houses in the city and insula burnt. 891 138 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, æt. 17, adopted as Cæsar Feb. 25. Hadrian dies, July 10. THE ANTONINES. 891 138 TITUS AURELIUS ANTONINUS PIUS, EMPEROR. Apology of Justin, addressed to the Aulus Gellius, gramm. and hist. 892 138 S. Hyginus, of Athens, Bishop of Rome, divides the clergy into three orders (Anastas. 10). 139 Claud. Ptolomæus, Geographer. The book of Hermas the Pastor written (Anastas. 12). 896 143 Herodes Atticus, consul. The Plague in Rome. D |