| BC 100: Birth of Julius Caesar, Marius suppresses Saturninus.
91-89: The Social War in Italy.
88: Sulla consul; flight of Marius.
88-84: First Mithridatic War
87: Rebellion of Cinna and Marius; radical reign of terror.
86: Sulla takes Athens and defeats Archelaus at Chaeronea.
86: Marius and Cinna depose Sulla; death of Marius.
83: Sulla lands at Brundisium.
82: Sulla takes Rome; reactionary reign of terror, Caesar evades proscription.
79: Resignation of Sulla.
78: Death of Sulla .
73-71: Third Servile War; Spartacus
70: First consulate of Crassus and Pompey; Virgil born.
69 Cleopatra VII born in Alexandria.
68: Caesar quaestor in Spain.
67: Pompey subdues the pirates.
63: Cicero exposes Catiline; Octavian born.
63 Marcus V. Agrippa born.
62: Caesar praetor
61: Caesar governor of Further Spain; return and triumph of Pompey.
60: First Triumvirate: Caesar, Crassus, Pompey
59: Caesar consul
58: Caesar defeats Helvetii and Ariovistus in Gaul.
55: Pompey and Crassus consuls; theater of Pompey; Caesar in Germany and Britain.
54: Caesar's second invasion of Britain.
53: Defeat of Crassus at Carrhae.
52: Pompey sole consul.
49: Caesar crosses Rubicon and takes Rome, Pompey to Greece.
48: Battles of Dyrrachium and Pharsalus, Pompey defeated and flees to Egypt (executed).
48: Caesar in Egypt (October 2), Caesar and Cleopatra
become lovers.
47 Caesarion (Ptolemy Caesar) born on June 23.
46: Cleopatra arrives in Rome, Caesar appointed dictator for ten years; revision of
calendar.
45: Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces in Spain.
44: Assassination of Caesar. Cleopatra returns to Egypt.
43: Second Triumvirate: Antony, Octavian, Lepidus.
42: Brutus and Cassius defeated by Antony and Octavian
at Philippi.
41: Antony 'summons' Cleopatra to Tarsus. They become lovers.
40: Reconciliation of Antony and Octavian at Brundisium.
36: Antony invades Parthia but is defeated.
35 Antony returns to Alexandria.
32: Antony marries Cleopatra.
31: Octavian (and Marcus Agrippa) defeat Antony (and Cleopatra) at Actium.
30: Octavian takes Alexandria. Suicide of Antony and Cleopatra. Egypt annexed to the
Empire; Octavian sole ruler of Rome (becomes Caesar Augustus in 27 BC).
Timeline 30 BC - 68 AD
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