Roman Empire timeline (31 B.C.-217 A.D.)

31 B.C.: Battle of Actium

30 B.C.: Cleopatra and Anthony commit suicide

27 B.C.: Octavian becomes Augustus

c. 4 B.C.: Christ is born

9 A.D.: Battle of Teutoburg Forrest

14: Augustus dies/Tiberius becomes emperor

c. 30: Christ is crucified

37: Tiberius dies/Caligula becomes emperor

41: Caligula assassinated/Claudius becomes emperor

43: Invasion of Britain

54: Claudius dies/Nero becomes emperor

61: Boudicca's rebellion

64: Great Fire of Rome

66-70: Jewish Revolt

68: Nero commits suicide

68-69: Year of Four Emperors

79: Mount Vesuvius Erupts

122: Hadrian's Wall

132-35: Second Jewish Revolt

117-180: The Good Emperors

192: Commodus murdered/Throne auctioned off

193: The Year of Five Emperors

217: Caracalla assassinated

The Roman Republic timeline

Roman Kingdon
753 B.C.: Mythical founding

600 B.C.: Etruscans arrive

534-507 B.C.: Collapse of Etruscan power


Roman Republic 507-31 B.C.
507 B.C.: Republic founded


6th-3rd century B.C.: Conquest of Italy
343-41 B.C.: 1st Samnite War

328-02 B.C.: 2nd Samnite War

298-90: 3rd Samnite War


264-146 B.C.: Punic Wars
216 B.C.: Battle of Canae

202 B.C.: Battle of Zama

146 B.C.: Carthage destroyed


146-88 B.C.: Reform and Disorder
91-87 B.C.: Social War

88 B.C.: Sulla marches on Rome

73-1 B.C.: Spartacus

63 B.C.: Conspiracy of Catiline


60-44 B.C.: Civil War
60 B.C.: Triumvirate formed

58-51 B.C.: Gallic War

53 B.C.: Crassus killed

49-45 B.C.: Civil War

44 B.C.: Caesar Assassinated

43-42 B.C.: Second Triumvirate

42-31 B.C.: Octavian eliminates rivals

31 B.C.: Battle of Actium and end of the Republic

Star Trek Timeline: From the Big Bang to the Romans

16 billion years ago: The Big Bang (Some members of the Q hide out here)

5 billion years ago: Sol System forms

4.5 billion years ago: An ancient group of aliens seed the galaxy’s oceans with DNA codes leading to many humanoid races.

3.5 billion years ago: The first amino acids combine on Earth (Picard and Q visit)

1 billion years ago: The Slaver Empire rules the galaxy. All sentient species died in a war which led intelligent life to re-evolve.

65 million years ago: Dinosaurs wiped out. Some survived, evolved into the Voth, leave Earth, and end up in the Delta Quadrant.

600,000 years ago: Tkon Empire collapses

500,000 years ago: Sargon’s people become extinct

22,000 years ago: The Trill begin as a joined species

18,000 years ago: Orion slavery well established by this point.

10,000 years ago: Vaal is built

10,000 years ago: First orbs appear at Bajor

10,000 years ago: Founders found the Dominion

10,000 years ago: The First Grand Nagus writes the Fergengi Rules of Acquisition

4527 B.C.: The Borg come into being after survivors from the NX-02 Columbia are flung back in time and are absorbed by a malevolent Caeliar named Sedin.

4000 B.C.: Advanced aliens kidnap people from Earth and eugenically bred them to help humanity save itself later on. Gary Seven is a product of this program.

3834 B.C.: Flint is born

3733 B.C.: Landru preaches peace and love and creates a computer to help guide his people. It creates an oppressive society on Beta III.

2700 B.C.: Aliens visit Earth and become the Greek gods

2700 B.C.: Spock and McCoy temporarily stranded on Sarpeidon during an ice age.

2500 B.C.: Pyramids built in Egypt

850 B.C. P’Jem Built

800 B.C.: Homer

500 B.C.: Trakor writes prophesies about Bajor’s Prophets

400 B.C.: Sahndara System supernovas. The refugees revere Greek philosophers after apparently encountering them. They move to Platonius and form a civilization based on the Greeks.

323 B.C.: Alexander the Great dies

31 B.C.: Augustus wins at Actium and later forms the Roman Empire

History Shorts: Teutoburg Forest (9 A.D.)

The Battle of Teutoburg Forest, also known as the Varian disaster, took place when a group of unified Germanic tribes ambushed and massacred three Roman legions. Former Roman ally Arminius set up the ambush and stabbed his former friends in the back. Up to 20,000 Romans, under the command of Varius, died. Afterward, the Germans removed Roman forces, forts, and cities east of the Rhine River. The defeat symbolically ended Roman expansion. After the defeat, Augustus wandered his palace wailing, “Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!” Campaigns against the Germans began anew upon Augustus’ death. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwPvAWMGYsk

History Shorts: The Battle of Actium (31 B.C.)

After defeating Caesar’s assassins, Octavian and Mark Antony went to war for control of the Roman Republic. The final battle between the two occurred on the Ionian Sea near the city of Actium. Marcus Agrippa led Octavian’s navy against Antony and Cleopatra’s fleet. Agrippa secured a dramatic victory when Cleopatra fled the scene followed by Antony in close pursuit. The pair committed suicide rather than be captured by Octavian. Antony and Cleopatra’s death signaled the end of the civil war and over a century of strife within the Roman Republic. Octavian transformed the republic into an empire by allowing democratic institutions to die. No one seemed to care since he brought stability and peace. For his efforts, the people proclaimed him “Augustus.”

The Battle of Actium from Cleopatra:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55QGKfHOJW4

Antony’s death:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH3fQEwedU8

Cleopatra’s death (from another Cleopatra film):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqGmWjowqEs

Octavian’s Triumph (from HBO’s Rome):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duCYRgqxJvk