Roman Conquest of Ctesiphon
The Roman Empire, under Emperor Trajan, successfully captured the city of Ctesiphon during his campaign against the Parthian Empire. This marked a significant moment a...
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The Roman Empire, under Emperor Trajan, successfully captured the city of Ctesiphon during his campaign against the Parthian Empire. This marked a significant moment a...
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The Roman forces led by Emperor Trajan launched a military campaign across Mesopotamia, culminating in the siege and capture of Seleucia. This event marked a significa...
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Roman Emperor Trajan launched a military campaign into the Parthian Empire, aiming to expand Roman territory eastward. The campaign marked a major escalation of confli...
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Trajan's Forum was officially inaugurated in Rome, marking the completion of one of the most impressive architectural projects of the Roman Empire. Commissioned by Emp...
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The Roman Empire completed the conquest and annexation of the kingdom of Dacia after a series of military campaigns led by Emperor Trajan. This marked the end of the D...
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Decebalus, the last king of Dacia, died following the Roman conquest led by Emperor Trajan. His death marked the end of the Dacian Wars and the incorporation of Dacia ...
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The Fall of Sarmizegetusa marked the decisive Roman victory over the Dacians led by King Decebalus. In early August, Roman legions under Emperor Trajan besieged the Da...
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After years of fierce conflict, Dacian King Decebalus ultimately surrendered to the Roman Emperor Trajan. This marked the end of the Dacian Wars, resulting in the anne...
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The Second Dacian War marks the renewed conflict between the Roman Empire and the Dacian Kingdom, led by King Decebalus. Roman Emperor Trajan launched a major military...
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The Roman Emperor Trajan launched his first major military campaign against the Dacian Kingdom in early 101 CE. The war was initiated to subdue the powerful Dacian kin...
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The First Battle of Tapae was a significant conflict between the Roman Empire and the Dacians. It took place at the mountain pass of Tapae, the gateway to the Dacian h...
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The Fayum portrait tradition represents a unique blend of Egyptian and Greco-Roman artistic styles. These funerary portraits were painted on wooden panels and affixed ...
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Emperor Nerva formally adopted Trajan as his heir in a move to secure the imperial succession and stabilize the Roman Empire. This adoption marked the beginning of the...
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After the murder of Emperor Domitian, the Roman Senate appointed Nerva as emperor, marking a shift from autocratic rule to a more stabilizing governance. Nerva, previo...
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Domitian, the Roman Emperor, was assassinated on September 18th within his residence on the Palatine Hill in Rome. The conspiracy involved court officials and members ...
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Following the death of Emperor Titus, Domitian, his younger brother, ascended to the throne of the Roman Empire. The accession occurred peacefully, marking the continu...
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The Arch of Titus was completed in Rome shortly after the death of Emperor Titus. The arch was commissioned by his brother Domitian to commemorate Titus's victories an...
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Mount Vesuvius erupted violently, burying the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under layers of ash and pumice. The catastrophic event caused widespread destruct...
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Titus succeeded his father Vespasian as Roman Emperor following Vespasian's death in Rome. His accession marked the continuation of the Flavian dynasty.Titus's rule in...
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The Siege of Masada was the last stronghold of the Jewish rebels during the First Jewish–Roman War. Roman forces laid siege to the fortress located on a plateau near t...
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Construction of the Roman amphitheater known as the Colosseum began under Emperor Vespasian. This monumental structure was designed to host a variety of public spectac...
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Roman forces led by Titus destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem during the Jewish revolt. This event transformed Judaism, ending temple-based worship and accelerat...
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The Roman army, led by Titus, besieged Jerusalem during the First Jewish–Roman War, culminating in the destruction of the Second Temple.The Temple was set ablaze and r...
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Following a year of civil war known as the Year of the Four Emperors, Vespasian emerged as the uncontested ruler of the Roman Empire. His rise marked the end of the Ju...
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641 CE — Muslim authorities establish Fustat near the old Roman fortress of Babylon on the Nile. The city becomes the administrative center of Islamic Egypt and develo...
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395–641 CE — Egypt becomes part of the eastern Roman Empire centered on Constantinople, later called Byzantine. Alexandria remains one of Christianity's major intellec...
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395 CE — After the death of Theodosius I, administration of the Roman Empire is divided between eastern and western courts. The territories of modern Albania remain pr...
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1st–4th centuries CE — Christianity spreads through the Roman Balkans and eventually becomes institutionally established. Bishoprics emerge in important cities includi...
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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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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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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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146 BCE — Corinth is destroyed and Roman domination of Greece becomes decisive.
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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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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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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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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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Illyrian ruler whose kingdom came into direct conflict with the expanding Roman Republic.
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c. 1000–500 BCE — Iron Age communities later identified by Greek and Roman writers as Illyrian become visible across much of the western Balkans. Illyrians were not on...
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c. 3100 BCE–2026 CE — Egypt has been governed by native pharaohs, Nubian kings, Persians, Macedonians, Romans, Byzantines, Arab caliphates, Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks...
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Over time Greek becomes dominant in the Byzantine state while Orthodox Christianity becomes central to identity.
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27 January 1945 — Soviet troops reach the Auschwitz concentration and extermination complex in occupied Poland. They find thousands of surviving prisoners and extensiv...
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8 April 1944 — Soviet forces attack German and Romanian troops in Crimea. Axis defenses collapse rapidly and Sevastopol falls in May. The Soviet victory removes an imp...
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8 May 1945 — Soviet armies finish the war occupying Poland, eastern Germany, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and much of Central and Eastern Europe. Investigate whether the...
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395 CE — Greece remains within the eastern Roman Empire, later called Byzantine.
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Greek cities become part of the Roman world while Greek culture deeply influences Roman education, philosophy and art.
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19 November 1942 — Soviet armies attack Romanian and other Axis forces protecting the German flanks at Stalingrad. The offensive rapidly breaks through and Soviet spea...
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19 November 1942 — Soviet forces attack Axis armies guarding the flanks of the German position at Stalingrad. The offensive breaks through Romanian sectors and rapidly...
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23 August 1944 — King Michael leads a coup that removes Ion Antonescu and ends Romania's alliance with Germany. Romania soon joins the war against the Axis. Germany lo...
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