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470 Years in 135 Seconds: A Movie of the Ancient Mediterranean

World (500BC-30BC)

By George Hageman

Map outline taken from:http://lonestar.texas.net/~robison/mediterranean.gif (See bibliography)

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500BC500BC 500BC

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495BC

495BC 495BC499BC: Ionians (and Athenians) revolt and raze Sardis

497BC: Macedon annexed by Persia

496BC: Romans defeat Latins at Battle of Lake Regillus

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490BC

490BC 490BC494BC: Persians put down Ionian Revolt

490BC: Greeks defeat Persia at Marathon

Plebeians Form Tribal GovernmentCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

485BC

485BC 485BC486BC: Egypt Revolts from Persia

490-485BC: Syracuse gains Central Sicily

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480BC

480BC 480BC480BC: Persia defeats Spartans at Thermopylae

480BC: Athenians defeat Persians at Salamis

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475BC

475BC 475BC479BC: Persians defeated by Greeks at Plataea and Mycale

479BC: Persia retreats out of Europe

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470BC

470BC 470BC477-475BC: Athens forms Delian League

474BC: Syracuse defeats Etruscan fleet at Cumae

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465BC

465BC 465BC467BC: Macedonia regains independence

466BC: Delians defeat Persian Navy at Eurymedon

Sophocles Writes Oedipus RexCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

460BC

460BC 460BC461BC: Thessaly, Argos, and Megara taken

460BC: Egypt revolts from Persia

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455BC

455BC 455BC457BC: Peloponnesians defeat Delians at Thebes

457BC: Delians gain Boetia in Battle of Tangara

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450BC

450BC 450BC454BC: Persians defeat Delians in Egypt

454BC: Egyptian revolt ends

Law of Twelve Tables createdCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

445BC

445BC 445BC449BC: Delians defeat Persia at Salamis; Peace of Callias signed

447BC: Peloponnesians gain Boetia and Megara from Delians

Herodotus writes The HistoriesCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

440BC

440BC 440BC

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435BC

435BC 435BC

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430BC

430BC 430BC431BC: Delians capture Corinth from Peloponnesians

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425BC

425BC 425BC426BC: Romans conquer Fidenae

425BC: Delians defeat Peloponnesians at Pylos

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420BC

420BC 420BC424BC: Peloponnesians capture Amphipolis

421BC: Peace of Nicias signed

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415BC

415BC 415BC418BC: Peloponnesians defeat Delians at Mantinea

415BC: Delians begin Sicilian Expedition

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410BC

410BC 410BC414-410BC: Persia, Phocaea, Syracuse join Peloponnesian League

413BC: Delian military destroyed on Sicily

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405BC

405BC 405BC409-405BC: Carthage invades Sicily

405BC: Delian Navy destroyed by Peloponnesians at Aegospotami

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400BC

400BC 400BC404BC: Delian League disbands

Thucydides writes History of the Peloponnesian WarCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

395BC

395BC 395BC399BC: Persians capture Ionian city-states

396BC: Rome captures Etruscan city of Veii

Socrates DiesCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

390BC

390BC 390BC390BC: Celts sack Rome

Plato writes The RepublicCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

385BC

385BC 385BC389-385BC: Thebes conquers Boetia

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380BC

380BC 380BC

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375BC

375BC 375BC

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370BC

370BC 370BC371BC: Thebes defeats Sparta at Leuctra

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365BC

365BC 365BC369-365BC: Thebes captures Spartan territory

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360BC

360BC 360BC364-360BC: Thebes captures Spartan territory

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355BC

355BC 355BC358BC: Macedon takes part of Illyria

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350BC

350BC 350BC358BC: Romans and Samnites establish border at Liri River

354-350BC: Thebes loses territory to Phocis

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345BC

345BC 345BC349-345BC: Philip II of Macedon conquers Thessaly, Chalcidice

346BC: Thebes conquered by Phocis

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340BC

340BC 340BC343-341BC: Romans conquer Campania

343-340BC: Philip II of Macedon conquers Thrace

Aristotle tutors Alexander the GreatCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

335BC

335BC 335BC338BC: Philip II defeats Greeks at Battle of Chaeronea

338-335BC: Macedon captures Greece, Heads Federal League of Corinth

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330BC

330BC 330BC334BC: Alexander conquers Asia Minor after Battle of Granicus

333-332BC: Alexander conquers Egypt and Syria after Battle of Issus

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325BC

325BC 325BC327BC: Romans found Fregellae on Samnite side of Liri River

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320BC

320BC 320BC323BC: Alexander the Great dies of fever in Babylon

321BC: Romans relinquish Fregellae

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315BC

315BC 315BC315BC: Syracuse retakes Sicily

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310BC

310BC 310BC311BC: Romans advance up Tiber River

310BC: Carthage retakes Sicily and besieges Syracuse

Romans begin constructing Via AppiaCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

305BC

305BC 305BC309-307BC: Carthage break siege to defend Carthage from Syracuse

309-305BC: Generals fight for control in Macedonia

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300BC

300BC 300BC301BC: Battle of Ipsus fought; Macedonia divides

300BC: Numidia and Corsica conquered by Carthage

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295BC

295BC 295BC295BC: Romans capture more Samnite territory after Battle of Sentinum

295BC: Ptolemaic Dynasty begins conquest of Cyprus

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290BC

290BC 290BC290BC: Third Samnite War Ends; Romans defeat Samnites

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285BC

285BC 285BC

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280BC

280BC 280BC283BC: Rome conquers Etruscans at Battle of Populonia

280BC: Pyrrhus of Epirus defeats Romans at Heraclea

Colossus of Rhodes CompletedCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

275BC

275BC 275BC280-279BC: Pyrrhus of Epirus defeats Romans at Asculum and Heraclea

275BC: Romans defeat Pyrrhus of Epirus at Beneventum

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270BC

270BC 270BC270BC: Rome takes Tarentum

270BC: 3 post-Alexander Macedonian Empires stop expanding

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265BC

265BC 265BC265BC: Rome conquers entire Italian peninsula

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260BC

260BC 260BC264BC: Rome controls Syracusian portion of Sicily

261BC: Rome defeats Carthage at Battles of Agrigentum, Mylae

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255BC

255BC 255BC259BC: Rome captures Corsica and Sardinia

255BC: Carthaginians defeat invading Romans at Battle of Tunis

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250BC

250BC 250BC254-250BC: Carthage expands further into Spain

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245BC

245BC 245BC249BC: Carthage invades and captures inland Sicily

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240BC

240BC 240BC241BC: Roman fleet defeats Carthage at Aegates Islands

241BC: Carthage loses territorial gains in Spain

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235BC

235BC 235BC238BC: Rome captures Sardinia and Corsica from Carthage (weakened from mercenary revolt)

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230BC

230BC 230BC234BC: Corsica and Sardinia unsuccessfully revolt from Rome

234-230BC: Carthage expands into Spain

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225BC

225BC 225BC229-228BC: Rome gains Illyrian coast in First Illyrian War

226BC: Rome-Carthage border established at Ebro River

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220BC

220BC 220BC224BC: Romans defeat Gauls at Battle of Telamon

222BC: Antigonids defeat Greeks at Sellasia

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215BC

215BC 215BC218BC: Hannibal captures Saguntum

218-215BC: Hannibal defeats Rome at Trebbia, Ticinus, Trasimene, Cannae

217BC: Seleucids defeated by Ptolemies at Battle of Raphia

215BC: Syracuse, Capua, Antigonids ally with Carthage

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210BC

210BC 210BC212BC: Rome recaptures Syracuse, Saguntum

214-211BC: Hannibal held off by Roman forces at Nola, Rome

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205BC

205BC 205BC209-205BC: Romans capture most of Spain from the Carthaginians

207BC: Carthaginians defeated at Metaurus River

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200BC

200BC 200BC204BC: Romans land in Africa, ally with Numidians

202BC: Hannibal of Carthage defeated by Scipio of Rome at Zama

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195BC

195BC 195BC198BC: Selucids capture Levant from Ptolemies at Battle of Panium

196BC: Romans defeat Antigonids at Battle of Cynoscephalae

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190BC

190BC 190BC192-190BC: Romans defeat Seleucids at Magnesia, Thermopylae, Eurymedon

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185BC

185BC 185BC188BC: Seleucids lose territory after Treaty of Apamia

188BC: Romans control Lycia

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180BC

180BC 180BC

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175BC

175BC 175BC

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170BC

170BC 170BC171BC: Rome and Macedon begin Third Macedonian War

171BC: Roman army defeated at Callicinus

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165BC

165BC 165BC168BC: Romans destroys Antigonid Dynasty at Battle of Pydna

165BC: Maccabees capture Jerusalem in Maccabee Revolt

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160BC

160BC 160BC164-160BC: Masinissa Numidians raid Carthaginians

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155BC

155BC 155BC159-155BC: Masinissa Numidians raid Carthaginians

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150BC

150BC 150BC154-150BC: Masinissa Numidians raid Carthaginians

152BC: Macedonians attempt to revolt against Romans

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145BC

145BC 145BC149-146BC: Rome conquers Carthage, ends Punic Wars

146BC: Rome conquers all of Greece after Battle of Corinth

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140BC

140BC 140BC143BC: Judea becomes independent of the Seleucids

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135BC

135BC 135BC137BC: Sicily attempts to revolt from Rome

139-135BC: Rome conquers Gallaecia in Spain

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130BC

130BC 130BC135-132BC: Slaves fail to revolt from Romans during First Servile War

133BC: Romans capture Numantia, Phrygia

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125BC

125BC 125BC126BC: Tyre revolts from the Seleucids

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120BC

120BC 120BC122BC: Colonia Junonia built over Carthage

125-121BC: Romans conquer Gallia Narborensis

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115BC

115BC 115BC

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110BC

110BC 110BC113-112BC: Jugurthian Numidians declare war on Rome

113BC: Rome captures most of Lusitania in Spain

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105BC

105BC 105BC106BC: Romans conquer Numidia after Battle of Muthul

105BC: Romans defeated by Germans at Battle of Arausio

Marius Reforms OccurCopyright © 2005 George Hageman. All rights reserved.

100BC

100BC 100BC103BC: Seleucids lose control in Levant, Romans capture Cilicia

102-101BC: Romans defeat Germans at Sextiae and Vercellae

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95BC

95BC 95BC99BC: Second Servile War on Sicily ends

96BC: Rome captures Cyrenaica

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90BC

90BC 90BC94-90BC: Rome assimilates Galatia, Bythnia, Pontus, and Cappadocia

91-90BC: Italian countryside revolts from Rome

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85BC

85BC 85BC

89BC: First Mithradatic War Begins

89-87BC: Pontus defeats Rome at Scorobas and Amnias

88BC: Social War ends, First Roman Civil War begins and ends

86-85BC: Rome defeats Pontus at Tenedos and Chaeronea, War ends

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80BC

80BC 80BC83BC: Armenia destroys Seleucid Empire

83-82BC: Rome invades Pontus and fails during Second Mithradatic War

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75BC

75BC 75BC78-77BC: Eastern Illyria conquered by Rome

75BC: Moesia Superior conquered by Rome

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70BC

70BC 70BC74-72BC: Rome gains Bithynia and Pontus during Third Mithradatic War

73-71BC: Spartacus defeated by Crassus during Third Servile War

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65BC

65BC 65BC69BC: Rome conquers Crete

67-66BC: Pompey defeats pirates around Mediterranean Sea

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60BC

60BC 60BC64-63BC: Rome conquers Levant and Syria, quells revolt in Lusitania

60BC: First Triumvirate (Crassus, Pompey, Caesar) forms

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55BC

55BC 55BC58BC: Rome conquers Cyprus

58-55BC: Rome conquers Belgae, Helvetii in phase 1 + 2 of Gallic Wars

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50BC

50BC 50BC52BC: Caesar of Rome defeats Vercingetorix of Gaul at Alesia

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45BC

45BC 45BC49-45BC: Caesar crosses Rubicon, defeats Pompey in Roman Civil War

45BC: Caesar named dictator for life

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40BC

40BC 40BC44-43BC: Caesar assassinated, Octavian and Antony = 2nd Triumvirate

42BC: 2nd Triumvirate defeats Caesar’s assassinators at Philippi

40BC: Treaty of Brundisium splits Rome into three parts

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35BC

35BC 35BC36BC: Lepidus attempts to capture Sicily, defeated at Naulochus

36BC: Octavian captures all of Lepidus’ territory

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30BC

30BC 30BC31BC: Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra at Actium

30BC: Octavian becomes sole ruler of the Roman Empire

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Roman Empire Begins, Roman Republic Ends

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