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43 BCE
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Mark Antony marries Octavian's sister, cementing the Second Triumvirate of Antony, Octavian and Lepidus.
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27 BCE
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Marcus Agrippa constructs the Pantheon
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27 BCE
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Agrippa conquers northwest Spain for Roman Empire
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27 BCE
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Augustus is the First Roman Emperor
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19 BCE
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Herod rebuilds the Temple in Jerusalem.
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12 BCE
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Romans conquer Germany up to the Elbe River
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c. Mar 6 BCE
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Birth of Jesus
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c. 5 BCE
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Birth of Paul the Apostle
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8 CE
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Ovid completes his poem Metamorphoses during his exile from Rome.
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9 CE
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Germans push the Roman frontier back to the Rhine River
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17 CE
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The Roman poet Ovid dies in exile in Tomis, Moesia (modern Constanta, Romania).
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27 CE
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Jesus begins ministry in Galilee
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c. 30 CE
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Crucifixion of Jesus in Jerusalem at Golgotha ("Place of the Skull")
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35 CE
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Saul of Tarsus converts to Christianity, becomes Apostle Paul
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24 Jan 41 CE
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Assassination of Caligula
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43 CE
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Romans invade Britain
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55 CE
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Shortly after Cologne (Colonia) becomes a Roman city, a Roman temple is built to the Capitoline Triad: Jupiter, Juno and Minerva. The temple was roughly square-shaped, 30m on a side, and had three cella. It has been replaced by the church of St. Maria i
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64 CE
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Martyrdom of the Apostle Peter on Vatican Hill
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66 CE
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First Jewish Revolt against Roman rule
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70 CE
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Construction begins on the Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum) under Emperor Vespasian, on the site of an artificial lake created by Nero in front of his Domus Aurea palace (later filled in)
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24 Aug 79 CE
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The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy devastates the provincial cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other nearby communities.
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80 CE
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The original version of the Pantheon in Rome burns down.
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80 CE
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Most of the Campus Martius burns to the ground. Renovations carried out under Diocletian included another repaving (this time with travertine slabs) and raising of the ground level, along with reconstruction of the temples' facades.
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80 CE
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Completion of the Colosseum under Emperor Titus
