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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
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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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See “Timeline” on CD for a non-visual timeline
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