Wednesday, May 18, 2011

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no author, "Chronicle of Roman Empires." http://www.roman-empire.net/diverse/chronicle-emps.html; accessed on May 18, 2011
Description: List all the emperor of Rome.

Roman Timeline

Early Rome


  • 1000 B.C. Latins enter region
  • 753 B.C. Rome founded
Roman Republic

  • 509 B.C. Republic created
  • 451 B.C. Twelve Tables written
  • 405-265 B.C. Italy conquered
  • 264-146 B.C. Punic Wars fought
  • 44 B.C Julius Caesar assassinated
Roman Empire
  • 42 B.C. Tiberius Cladius Nero was born
  • 27 B.C. Empire and Paz Romana begin with reign of Augustus
  • A.D. 14 the begining of Emperor Tiberius' rule
  • A.D. 14-16 Tiberius sent troops for the Gallic War to Germany
  • A.D. 29 Jesus crucified
  • A.D. 37 Emperor Tiberius dies
  • A.D. 64 Christian persecution begins
  • A.D. 79 Pompeii destroyed
  • A.D. 253 Germanic tribes enter frontier regions
  • A.D. 285 Diocletian divides empire into East and West
  • A.D. 313 Christianity given recognition
  • A.D. 370 Huns invade frontier
  • A.D. 380 Christianity made official religon
  • A.D. 395 empire permanently split
  • A.D. 476 Last emperor deposed

A quote from the emperor himself

Tiberius-Power has no limit.

Primary Source from Tacitus

Assuredly, Tiberius was not saved from his elevation and his solitude from having to confess the angiush from his heart and his self inflicted-punishment. from the aval (VI.6)
Primary source: Tacitus,"Aval." http://janusquirinus.org/essays/Tiberius.html; copied and written in 1994.
Description: Tacitus tells his point of view on what Tiberius was doing to the Roman society.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

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"A primary Source of Tiberius Claudius Nero" by Tacitus

My interpretation of Tiberius is somewhat unconventional, seeing as how I firmly believe him to be one of the most misunderstood of Rome's emperors. Primary source from: http://www.legionarybooks.net/historical_soldier_of_rome
Accessed on May 17, 2011