dates for test 2 Flashcards
via Appia completed
312
king Pyrrhus of Epirus invades Italy, wins victory at Heracles
280
Pyrrhus wins ‘Pyrrhic victory’ at Ausculum ; leaves for Syracuse
279
Pyrrhus returns to Italy and is defeated at Beneventum
275
Rome captures Tarentum
272
First Punic War
264 - 241
only major Roman defeats in the First Punic War
255, 249
sicily is the first roman province
241
Sardinia and corsica provinces; Carthage turns to Spanish conquest
237
siege of Saguntum
219
Second Punic War
218 - 201
battles of Ticinum and Trebia
218
Battle of Lake Trasimene
217
Battle of Lake Cannae
216
Hannibal takes Capua and is supported by Macedonia and Syracuse
215
defeat of Hasdrubal at Metaurus river
207
Romans conquer Spain
206
end of First Macedonia War
205
Scipio invades Africa
204
Hannibal recalled
203
Battle of Zama
202
treaty signed
201
Spain made into two provinces
197
Philip V defeated Cynoscephalae (Second Macedonian War)
197
Antiochus III of Syria defeated at Magnesia
190
Third Macedonian War ends at Pydna
168
Illyricum made a province
167
Third Punic War ; destruction of Carthage ; Africa made a province
149 - 146
Fourth Macedonian War ends
148
Revolt of Achaean League ; Achaea and Macedonia made a province
146
Tiberius Gracchus, tribune of the plebs
133
Gaius Gracchus, tribune of the plebs
123 - 122
Gaius Marius, consul six times, five times in a row (104 -100)
107 - 100
Social War
91 - 87
siege of Rome
82
Sulla dictator
81 - early 80
revolt of Spartacus in Italy
73 - 71
Pompey and Crassus consul
70
Gaius Julius Caesar consul
59
Caesar begins first five-year command in Gaul
58
