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 TITUS Titus 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 NEMESIANUS (_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)