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12 events · 80 research items · April 3, 0033 to February 10, 2026
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Egypt Becomes Roman
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Egypt Becomes Roman

30 BCE — Octavian captures Alexandria after the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra. Egypt becomes a Roman province under unusually close imperial supervision because of it...

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Roman Egypt
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Roman Egypt

30 BCE–395 CE — Egypt remains one of the Roman Empire's wealthiest provinces. Alexandria continues as a major commercial and intellectual center while traditional Egyp...

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Where Is Cleopatra's Tomb?
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Where Is Cleopatra's Tomb?

30 BCE — Ancient writers indicate that Cleopatra and Mark Antony were buried together, but their burial place has never been securely identified. Archaeologists have e...

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Battle of Actium
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Battle of Actium

2 September 31 BCE — The fleet of Octavian defeats the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra near Actium in western Greece. Antony and Cleopatra retreat to Egypt. Their ...

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Cleopatra VII
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Cleopatra VII

51–30 BCE — Cleopatra VII becomes the final active ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty. She navigates the expanding power of Rome through alliances and relationships first ...

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Via Egnatia Crosses the Balkans
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Via Egnatia Crosses the Balkans

c. 146–120 BCE — Roman engineers develop the Via Egnatia from the Adriatic coast through Macedonia toward Byzantium. Dyrrachium becomes one of the principal western ga...

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Rome Defeats Gentius
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Rome Defeats Gentius

168 BCE — Roman forces defeat King Gentius near Scodra after a short campaign. His capture effectively ends the last major independent Illyrian monarchy in the region....

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Untitled
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Untitled

Untitled168 BCE–395 CE — The lands of modern Albania are gradually integrated into Roman provincial systems. Cities expand, Latin and Greek cultural influences deepen,...

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First Illyrian War
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First Illyrian War

229–228 BCE — Rome sends military forces across the Adriatic against Queen Teuta's kingdom. The war marks Rome's first major armed intervention on the eastern Adriatic...

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The Ptolemaic Kingdom
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The Ptolemaic Kingdom

305–30 BCE — The Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty rules Egypt after the fragmentation of Alexander's empire. Its kings present themselves simultaneously as Hellenistic mon...

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Alexandria Is Founded
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Alexandria Is Founded

331 BCE — Alexander establishes Alexandria on Egypt's Mediterranean coast. Under his successors, the city becomes one of the greatest centers of trade and scholarship ...

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Alexander the Great Enters Egypt
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Alexander the Great Enters Egypt

332 BCE — Alexander enters Egypt during his campaign against the Persian Empire and is welcomed as its new ruler. He participates in Egyptian royal and religious tradi...

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Bardylis
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Bardylis

Powerful Illyrian ruler of the 4th century BCE who built a kingdom capable of challenging Macedonia.

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Powerful Illyrian Kingdoms Emerge
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Powerful Illyrian Kingdoms Emerge

4th–3rd centuries BCE — Several Illyrian dynasties consolidate larger kingdoms across the western Balkans. Their rulers compete with Macedonia, Epirus and Greek coasta...

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