THE RISE AND FALL OF ROME

THE RISE

• 212 BCE The Romans conquer Saguntum from the Carthaginians.
• 206 BCE - 205 BCE The Romans conquer Gades. End of the Carthaginian presence on the Iberian Peninsula.
• 191 BCE Delphi comes under Roman control.

RISE(CONTINUED)

• 166 BCE Rome gives dominion over the Cyclades to Athens.
• 150 BCE Macedonia becomes a Roman province.
• 148 BCE Corcyra is made part of the Roman province of Macedonia.

CONTINUE TO RISE

• 146 BCE End of the Third Punic War. Carthage is destroyed and its lands become the Roman province Africa.
• 96 BCE Cyrenaica becomes a Roman province.
• 64 BCE Tyre becomes a Roman colony.

CONTINUE TO RISE

• 64 BCE Byblos conquered by the Roman general Pompey the Great.
• 48 BCE Butrint formally becomes a Roman colony.
• 44 BCE Julius Caesar founds the Roman colony of Corinth.

CONTINUE TO RISE

• 41 BCE Rome takes control over Naxos in the Cyclades.
• 75 CE - 77 CE Romans defeat the last of the Northern tribes; Roman conquest of Britain complete.
• 115 CE - 117 CE Rome occupies Mesopotamia.

THE FALL

• 168 CE Germanic tribes cross the Danube into the Roman Empire.
• 209 CE - Dec 211 CE Reign of Caracalla with his father Septimius Severus and his brother Geta (Feb - Dec 211 only with Geta).
• 260 CE Shapur I captures the Roman emperor Valerian at Edessa.

FALL(CONTINUED)

• 391 CE Emperor Theodosius closes pagan temples.
• 410 CE The Romans withdraw from Britain.
• 410 CE Rome withdraws forces from Britain.