An outline of Roman History.
Books of Roman History
| Book | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Founding of Rome. |
| 2 | The seven legendary Roman Kings. The rape of Lucretia and her suicide, the Overthrow of the Roman monarchy and the shift toward a Republic. |
| 3 | The early Roman Republic. |
| 4 | Internal strife between plebes and patricians. Roman dictator is established as a concept and office. |
| 5 | The Conflict of the Orders, paused during times of crisis. Wars with the Volsci, Etruscans, Aequi, and Sabines, and the treason of Coriolanus. The Laws of the Twelve Tables. |
| 6 | The creation of the offices of consular tribune and of censor. Wars with the Etruscans, Faliscans, & with Veii. |
| 7 | War with the Gauls & Latins. The Capitol besieged. Marcus Manlius Capitolinus failed coup. Camillus serves in the post of dictator for several terms. |
| 8 | War is fought with the Samnites and with Capua. The people's debts are annulled by the tribunes. |
| 9 | War is fought with Tarentum and Epirus. Epirus is led by King Pyrrhus |
| 10 | Tarentum and Epirus are defeated. Rome intervenes in Volsinii by bolstering the nobility. |
| 11 | First Punic War. Creation of Roman navy. Recounting of Regulus |
| 12 | Rome wins the First Punic War. War is fought with the Gauls, the Faliscans, Liguria, Corsica, and Sardinia. Rome begins intervention in Greek affairs. |
| 13 | Start of the Second Punic War. |
| 14 | Second Punic War, continues. Fabius Maximus, elected dictator, and pursues a policy of attrition. |
| 15 | Second Punic War continues. Battle of Cannae &the Siege of Syracuse & Roman capture of Capua. Death of Archimedes. |
| 16 | Second Punic War continued. Scipio's success in Spain. |
| 17 | End of Second Punic War and Roman victory. |
| 18 | War with Philip V of Macedonia, Battle of Cynoscephalae leads to Philip's defeat. The Carthaginians incite up the Gauls. Cato the Elder and his writings. |
| 19 | Rome's dealings with Greece continued. War with Antiochus. Death of Hannibal in exile in Bithynia. |
| 20 | War against Perseus & Dalmatia. Rome's dealings with Rhodes, Cappadocia, Egypt. |
| 21 | Third Punic War. Carthage and Corinth destroyed. |
| 22‑29 | The Bacchanalia scandal. Wars in Spain, and against the Cimbri and Marsians. Discussion on Tiberius Gracchus. |
| 30‑35 | Beginning of the Mithridatic Wars. Sulla's civil war. |
| 36 | The Armenian campaigns. Pompey's campaign against pirates |
| 37 | The career of Pompey. Campaigns against the Asiatic Iberians, the annexation of Syria and Phoenicia, and the First Triumvirate (Crassus, Caesar, and Pompey). |
| 38 | Exile of Cicero. Julius Caesar's first consulate. |
| 39 | Gallic War, continued. Caesar crosses into Britain. Ptolemy expelled from Egypt and restored. |
| 40 | Gallic War, continued. Caesar crosses into Britain a second time. Crassus is defeated and killed. Rift between Caesar and Pompey begins. |
| 41 | Caesar and his armies cross the Rubicon. Battle of Dyrrhachium, Battle of Pharsalus, Pompey's defeat. |
| 42 | Death of Pompey. Caesar given honors in Rome. |
| 43 | Caesar defeats Scipio and the younger Gnaeus Pompey. Caesar's triumphs celebrated in Rome. Ground is broken for the Forum of Caesar. The Julian calendar reforms issued. |
| 44 | Caesar's cult of personality and his murder. |
| 45 | Octavian, Caesar's heir, and his character. The Second Triumvirate (Octavian, Antony, Lepidus). Rift between Antony and Octavian, and Cicero. |
| 46 | Octavian's victory over Antony. |
| 47 | Rule of the Third Triumvirate. Defeat of Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi. |
| 48 | Third Triumvirate continued. Octavian and Antony ally with, then defeat Sextus Pompey. |
| 49 | Octavian defeats Sextus Pompey and deprives Lepidus of his army and powers. Antony's defeat against the Parthians. Octavian conquers Pannonia. Rome acquires Mauretania. |
| 50 | Octavian and Antony fight each other, the latter is decisively defeated in the battle of Actium. |
| 51 | Antony and Cleopatra. Suicide of Antony. Octavian conquers Egypt. |
| 52 | Octavian prepares to become the sole ruler of Rome. |
| 53 | Octavian becomes sole ruler of Rome, and in doing so ushers in the imperial period. Organization of provincial administration is discussed. |
| 54 | Consolidation of power by Octavian, now called Augustus. Roman rule extends to Rhaetia, Noricum, the Maritime Alps, and the Chersonesus. |
| 55 | Dedication of the Precinct of Livia, the Campus Agrippae, the Diribitorium, the Temple of Mars. Tiberius retires to Rhodes. Augustus heirs both die young. Empress Livia rises in influence. |
| 56 | The Disaster of Varus. Dedication of the Temple of Concord and the Portico of Livia. Death of Augustus and his funeral. |
| 57 | Tiberius assumes emperorship, his reign and character. Cappadocia becomes Roman. Deaths of Drusus and Germanicus Caesar. |
| 58 | Rise and fall of Sejanus. Tiberius's reign continues and he consolidates his hold on power, and his death. |
| 59 | Gaius Caesar, Caligula, becomes emperor and his reign. |
| 60-61 | Claudius assumes the emperorship, and his reign. Britain conquered. Claudius dies, poisoned by his wife Agrippina. Nero assumes the emperorship. |
| 62 | Agrippina the Younger is put to death. Nero's reign includes the revolt of Boudicca, the Great Fire of Rome. Domitius Corbulo conquers Armenia. Seneca's plot and suicide. |
| 63 | Nero's reign continued, and his sucicide. Vespasian begins the First Jewish–Roman War. The brief reigns of Galba and Otho. |
| 64 | The reign of Vitellius. |
| 65 | Vespasian's reign. His son Titus captures Jerusalem and destroys the Second Temple, winning the First Jewish War. Vespasian subdues Egypt. Temple of Jupiter Capitoline rebuilt. |
| 66 | Upon the death of Vespasian, Titus assumes the emperorship for two years and his reign. The eruption of Vesuvius that buried Pompeii. |
| 67 | The reign and character of Domitian. |
| 68 | The brief reign of Nerva. Reign of Trajan. The Dacian Wars end in Roman victory. Successful campaigns in Armenia and Parthia. A major earthquake centered in Antioch. Trajan dies. |
| 69 | Trajan's adoptive son Hadrian succeeds to the throne. His character and interests. Antinous. Hadrian brutally suppresses the Bar Kokhba revolt. Hadrian's protracted illness and death. |
| 70 | The reign of Antoninus Pius. |
| 71 | Marcus Aurelius assumes the emperorship. The war against Vologaesus in Armenia. Roman bridge-building techniques are discussed. |
| 72 | Wars against the Marcomanni and the Iazyges. Cassius's revolt in Syria ends in his death. Character of Marcus Aurelius. |
| 73 | The reign of Marcus Aurelius' son Commodus and his character. His assassination. |
| 74 | The reign and assassination of Pertinax. Didius Julianus wins power by purchasing it from the Praetorian Guard. Julianus's reign, and his assassination. |
| 75 | Septimius Severus rise to the emperorship and his suppression of a rebellion. |
| 76 | Severus defeats Albinus. War in Caledonia, and second siege of Hatra in Mesopotamia: neither one particularly successful. Power of Plautianus, prefect of the city. |
| 77 | Eruption of Vesuvius. The downfall of Plautianus. Severus's campaign and death. |
| 78 | Caracalla's reign as emperor. The wars he fought, his character and, his mass killings of Alexandrians is discussed. |
| 79 | Caracalla falls to Macrinus. Macrinus and his reign. Macrinus' reign primarily occupied with civil war. He is overthrown by Elagabalus. |
| 80 | The reign of Elagabalus, who is overthrown due to his excesses. Severus Alexander assumes the throne. |
