Dates Pt. 10; Imperial Period 2

Question 1

In the West, the general Postumus creates the Gallic Empire. In the East, Palmyra revolts, taking most of the Eastern Empire with it. Agri Decumates abandoned.

Answer 1

AD 258

Question 2

Valerian is defeated by Shapur I at the B. of Edessa, becoming the first emperor captured in battle.

Answer 2

AD 260

Question 3

Goths sack Corinth, Athens, and Sparta.

Answer 3

AD 268

Question 4

Goths defeated by Claudius II Gothicus at B. of Naissus.

Answer 4

AD 269

Question 5

Claudius dies from the plague. Aurelian becomes emperor and drives the Alamanni out of Italy.

Answer 5

AD 270

Question 6

Aurelian defeats Zenobia, dissolving the Palmyrene Empire. The province of Dacia is abandoned. Construction on the Aurelian walls in Rome begins. Stable coinage reestablished.

Answer 6

AD 271

Question 7

Aurelian wins the B. of Chalons, dissolving the Gallic Empire.

Answer 7

AD 274

Question 8

Aurelian assassinated.

Answer 8

275 AD

Question 9

Diocletian becomes emperor, ending the Third Century Crisis.

Answer 9

AD 284

Question 10

Diocletian divides the empire and gives the western half to Maximian. Maximian concludes a foedus with the Franks, settling them along the Rhine.

Answer 10

AD 286

Question 11

Traditional date for the splitting of the Goths into two peoples.

Answer 11

AD 290

Question 12

Constantius and Galerius are adopted as Caesari by Maximian and Diocletian.

Answer 12

AD 293

Question 13

Diocletian retires to farm cabbages in Dalmatia, forces Maximian to retire also. Constantius and Galerius become Augusti. Severus II and Maximinus II adopted as Caesari.

Answer 13

AD 305

Question 14

Constantine proclaimed emperor by his troops in York after his father’s death, acknowledged as Caesar by Maxentius, who had recently opposed Severus (whom M. captures and executes in 307).

Answer 14

AD 306

Question 15

Maximian promotes Constantine to Augustus following Severus’s death, Maxentius is made Caesar.

Answer 15

AD 307

Question 16

Galerius appoints Licinius as Augustus in the west in opposition to Maxentius.

Answer 16

AD 308

Question 17

Constantine defeats Maxentius at the B. of the Milvian Bridge.

Answer 17

AD 312

Question 18

Constantine defeats Licinius at the B. of Adrianople, becoming sole emperor. Construction begins on the new capital Constantinople.

Answer 18

AD 324

Question 19

The First Council of Nicaea.

Answer 19

AD 325

Question 20

Constantine kills his son Crispus on treason charges.

Answer 20

AD 326

Question 21

Constantine dies, intends empire to be ruled jointly by three remaining sons, Constantine II, Constantius II, and Constans.

Answer 21

AD 337

Question 22

Constantine II is killed in battle against Constans.

Answer 22

AD 340

Question 23

Constans is assassinated by Magnentius.

Answer 23

AD 350

Question 24

Magnentius loses the B. of Mons Seleucus to Constantius, after which he commits suicide.

Answer 24

AD 353

Question 25

Julian is made Caesar and sent to the West.

Answer 25

AD 355

Question 26

Julian defeats the Alamanni at B. of Strasbourg. Allows Franks to live east of the Meuse.

Answer 26

AD 357

Question 27

Constantius II dies, Julian proclaimed sole emperor.

Answer 27

AD 361

Question 28

Julian killed in battle outside of Ctesiphon. Jovian succeeds, makes humiliating treaty with the Persians.

Answer 28

AD 363

Question 28

Valentinian succeeds Jovian after the latter suffocates from fumes in his tent; V. appoints brother Valens as co-Augustus.

Answer 28

AD 364

Question 29

Huns conquer the Ostrogoths, in the Ukraine.

Answer 29

AD 370

Question 30

Huns conquer the Visigoths in Dacia, Valentinian is infuriated by envoys of the Quadi and dies in an apoplectic fit. Gratian becomes Augustus in west.

Answer 30

AD 375

Question 31

Tervingi and Greuthungi (Goths) cross the Danube, win at the B. of Adrianople, Valens is killed.

Answer 31

AD 378

Question 32

Theodosius appointed emperor by Gratian. Basil the Great, the Benedict of Eastern Monasticism, dies.

Answer 32

AD 379

Question 33

Theodosius ends inconclusive Balkan campaign with a treaty allowing Gothic settlement on the Danube.

Answer 33

AD 382

Question 34

Symmachus gives a speech arguing for the preservation of the Altar of Victory. Valentinian II unimpressed.

Answer 34

AD 391

Question 35

Theodosius wins the B. of Frigidus, reuniting the empire for the last time.

Answer 35

AD 394

Question 36

Alaric the Goth begins a revolt from Rome. Theodosius dies.

Answer 36

AD 395

Question 37

Alaric makes peace with the Romans, made magister militum.

Answer 37

AD 399

Question 38

Stilicho defeats Alaric at Pollentia and Verona, Alaric joins Stilicho. Western capital moves from Ravenna to Milan.

Answer 38

AD 402

Question 39

On the last day of the year, the Vandals, Sueves, and Alans cross the frozen Rhine.

Answer 39

AD 406

Question 40

Stilicho is betrayed and killed, prompting many barbarians in N. Italy to join Alaric.

Answer 40

AD 408

Question 41

Rome sacked by Goths under Alaric. Last Roman troops leave Thule. It sinks beneath Ocean.

Answer 41

AD 410

Question 42

Vandals, Sueves, and Alans settled in Spain. Alaric dies.

Answer 42

AD 411

Question 43

A Settlement is reached with the Visigoths, giving them either land or taxes in Aquitaine.

Answer 43

AD 418

Question 44

Vandals under Geseric invade N. Africa.

Answer 44

AD 429

Question 45

Augustine dies during the siege of Hippo.

Answer 45

AD 430

Question 46

Foedus made between Geseric and the Western Empire.

Answer 46

AD 435

Question 47

Vandals take Carthage.

Answer 47

AD 439

Question 48

Aetius (with the Goths) defeats Attila at the B. of the Catalaunian fields. The Council of Chalcedon condemns monophysitism.

Answer 48

AD 451

Question 49

Aetius is assassinated.

Answer 49

AD 454

Question 50

Vandals capture Rome.

Answer 50

AD 455

Question 51

“Eternal Alliance” made between the Vandals and the Eastern Empire.

Answer 51

AD 474

Question 52

Romulus Augustulus deposed and the imperial regalia sent back to Constantinople by Odoacer. Traditional end date for the Roman Empire.

Answer 52

AD 476