43-51 Conquest of Britain CRUCIFIXION 30 VAL. MAXIMUS (_fl._ 26) PHAEDRUS (_fl._ 30-40)

Boadicea in Britain 61 SENECA (4 B.C.-65 A.D.) PERSIUS (34-62)

54-68 NERO Rome burnt 64

68-69 GALBA, OTHO, VITELLIUS PETRONIUS (_ob._ 66) LUCAN (39-65)

70-78 VESPASIAN. (Colosseum built)

79-81 t.i.tUS t.i.tus destroys Jerusalem 70 PLINY I. (23-79) VAL. FLACCUS (_ob._ 90)

79 Eruption of Vesuvius (Herculaneum and Pompeii)

81-96 DOMITIAN Agricola subdues Britain 78-85

93 Death of +Agricola+ (father-in-law of Tacitus) QUINTILIAN (_c._ 35-95)

96-98 NERVA FRONTINUS (_c._ 41-103) STATIUS (_ob._ 95)

98-116 TRAJAN _Greatest extent of Roman Empire_ TACITUS (_c._ 55-120) PLINY II. (61-113) SILIUS (25-101) MARTIAL (_c._ 40-102)

117-138 HADRIAN Hadrian"s wall 121 FLORUS (_fl._ 137) JUVENAL (_c._ 55-138)

138-160 ANTONINUS PIUS SUETONIUS (_c._ 75-160) JUSTINUS (_c._ 150)

161-180 MARCUS AURELIUS Wall of Antonine 140 A. GELLIUS (_fl._ 169) ---------------------------------------- PERIOD IV.--THE LATER EMPIRE, FROM 117 A.D.

274-337 CONSTANTINE THE GREAT Council of _Nicaea_ 325 NEMESIa.n.u.s (_fl._ 284) TER. MAURUS (_c._ 300) AUSONIUS (_fl._ 379)

395-1453 +Byzantine Empire+ Romans leave Britain 409-420

408-410 +Alaric+ the Goth at Rome (Stilicho) Hengist and Horsa (Kent) 449 EUTROPIUS (_fl._ 375) CLAUDIAN (_fl._ 400)

451 +Attila+ the Hun defeated at Chalons Constantinople taken by Turks 1453

455 +Genseric+ the Vandal at Rome Augustine (354-430) PRUDENTIUS (_fl._ 404)

476 +Odoacer+ at Rome. +Western Empire ends+ Rutilius (_fl._ 416)

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