Romans Final Important Dates Flashcards
When was Plautus active?
254 -184 BC
What was Plautus’ full name?
Titus Maccius Plautus
How many plays of Plautus survive?
21
When was the time of Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)?
195 BC
When was Plautus’ Pseudolus first performed?
April, 191 BC
When was there a major source of slaved granted to the Romans?
AD 70, Jerusalem
When was Plautus writing his plays?
Between 205-184 BC
When was the tombstone of Aurelia Philemation made?
Late 1st century BC
When did Cicero write his accounts with Servilia, Mother of Brutus?
June, 44 BC
When did Pliny the Younger live from?
AD 61-112
When was the Spartacus rebellion?
73-71 BC
When was the Spartacus rebellion?
73-71 BC
When was Servilia born? and what was her position in society?
100 BC (same as Caesar); mother of Marcus Brutus, behind the scenes power broker
When was Cicero’s letter about Servilia written?
44 BC
When was Arria involved in the rebellion forces because of her husband?
AD 42
When was Virgil alive?
70 - 19 BC
When was Horace alive?
65 - 8 BC
When was Livy alive?
64? BC - AD 17
When was Ovid alive?
43 BC - AD 17
When did Horace write his Epodes?
30s BC - Triumviral period
When did Horace writes his Odes?
23 BC early age of Augustus; sung poetry read slowly also very brief
When was Horace’s Epode 7 written?
42-39 BC
When were the first 3 of Horace’s Odes published?
23 BC
When was Ode 1.37 written?
31 BC as a celebration of the death of Cleopatra
When was Horace’s Secular Hymn written?
17 BC performed at the Roman festival of renewal from June 1-3, 17 BC
What was the festival celebrating?
The Julian Laws of 18 BC
When did Ovid write his Metamorphoses?
Around AD 8
When was the Altar of Augustan Peace commisioned by the Senate?
13-9 BC
At what age did Virgil die and what did he leave unfinished?
51 years old in 19 BC and left behind his “unfinished” Aeneid
When was the political crisis occurring in Rome?
88 BC - AD 14
When was Sallust alive?
86 - 35 BC
When was Cicero alive?
106 - 43 BC
How long was the cycle of civil wars?
49 - 31 BC (from Caesar to Augustus)
When was Juvenal active and when did he write his Satire’s?
Active during the 1/4 of the 2nd century AD during Trajan and Hadrian’s rule; Satires written between AD 110-120
When was the period of Tacitus?
AD 65-120; wrote famous account of the Great Fire of AD 64 after 50 years
When was Pliny the Younger active?
AD 61-112
When did Augusts close the Gates of Janus?
29 BC; closed for the 3rd time in Roman History
When did Pliny write about the Christians and where was he when writing?
AD 111, dispatched to Northern Asia Minor by Trajan
When did Tacitus write his account of Emperor Claudius’ speech on the admission of the Northern Gauls to the Roman senate?
AD 48
Who was Seneca?
Roman senator and noted philosopher who is know for his influence in the imperial court after being Nero’s tutor then chief counselor
When did Seneca write his Letters to Lucilius?
AD 63 - 65
When did Ovid start writing his early poetry?
25 BC; Heriodes: letters by mythological women to their men
When and who founded Stoicism?
Zeno of Citium (Cyprus) in early 3 BC
When does stoicism arrive in Rome?
Late 2nd century BC
When was Marcus Aurelius active?
AD 161-180
When was Seneca Nero’s tutor and Chief advisor?
AD 54-59
When was Seneca writing his letters on morality?
AD 62
When was Seneca’s Suicide?
AD 65; copies Socrates by taking Hemlock
When was Seneca active?
4 BC - AD 65
When was the Arch of Titus dedicated?
AD 81
When were the Jewish revolts?
AD 66-73 and AD 132-135
When did the Roman army capture Masada?
AD 73
What year was the Christian population in the empire 0.3-0.4%?
AD 200
When was Diocletian’s “Great Persecution”?
AD 303-313
When was the battle at Milvian Bridge?
AD 312
When was Constantine the soul emperor of Rome?
AD 324-337
When are the two proposed dates that end the Roman empire?
476 after the last recognized Western “emperor” was deposed and 1453 when Rome was captured by the Turks of Constantinople
