1 AD to 249 AD

1 - 49 AD

Birth of Jesus Christ in 1 AD. Roman Emperor Octavian (Augustus) dies on August 19, 14 AD, and is succeeded by Tiberius. The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest takes place in 9 AD. Germanicus' campaign against the Germans 15-19 AD. The Red Eyebrow Rebellion results in downfall of Chinese Emperor Wang Mang in 23 AD. Pontius Pilate becomes the Procurator of Judea in 26 AD. Jesus Christ is crucified in 30 AD. Caligula succeeds Tiberius as Roman Emperor after his death on March 16, 37 AD. Assassination of Caligula on January 24, 41 AD. The Roman conquest of Britain takes place from 43 to 44 AD.

50 - 99 AD

Buddhism spreads to China about 50-60 AD. Roman Emperor Claudius is murdered, probably by his fourth wife Agrippina by poison on October 13, 54 AD. Nero succeeds Claudius as Roman Emperor on October 13, 54 AD. Nero orders assassination of his mother Agrippina in 59 AD. Christians are blamed for the Great Fire of Rome erupting on July 18-19, 64 AD. Roman philosopher Seneca is forced to commit suicide in 65 AD. Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide on June 9, 68 AD. The Year of the Four Emperors - Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian in 69 AD. Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by Titus in September 70 AD. Composition of the New Testament after 70 AD. Mass suicide at Masada in 73 AD. Establishment of the Kushan Empire ca. 80 AD. Titus succeeds Vespasian as Roman Emperor on June 24, 79 AD. Completion of the Colosseum in 80 AD. Construction of Limes Germanicus starts in 83 AD. Roman Emperor Domitianus is assassinated on September 18, 96 AD. Trajan becomes Roman Emperor on January 27, 98 AD.

100 - 149 AD

Jewish historian Josephus (Flavius) dies ca. 100 AD. Chinese eunuch Cai Lun invents paper in 105 AD. Dacia becomes Roman province in 106 AD. Nabatean kingdom is annexed by the Roman Empire becoming province of Arabia in 106 AD. Roman historian Tacitus dies ca. 115 AD. Hadrian succeeds Trajan as Roman Emperor on August 11, 117 AD. Construction of Hadrian's Wall between 122-136 AD. Greek historian Plutarch dies about 125 AD. Bar Kokhba revolt 132-136 AD. Antoninus Pius succeeds Hadrian as Roman Emperor on July 10, 138 AD. Construction of Antonine Wall between 142-143 AD.

150 - 199 AD

Nok Culture flourishes in Nigeria about 150 AD. The Roman-Parthian War 161-166 AD. First Marcomannic War 166-174 AD. Marcus Aurelius make his son Commodus co-emperor on November 23, 176 AD. Second Marcomannic War 177-180 AD. Marcus Aurelius dies from plague on March 17, 180 AD. Commodus is assassinated by praetorian prefect Quintus Aemilius Laetus on August 31, 193 AD. Galen, a Roman physician of Greek origin dies in 199 AD.

200 - 249 AD

Caracalla orders assassination of his brother Geta and becomes sole Emperor late in December 211 AD. Roman Emperor Caracalla is murdered on April 8, 217 AD. End of the Han Dynasty in 220 AD. Foundation of the Sassanid Empire by Ardashir I in 224 AD. Limes Germanicus is abandoned in 233/234 AD. Maximinus I (Thrax) becomes the first of the so-called barrack emperors on March 20, 235 AD. The Crisis of the Third Century 235-284 AD. Invasions of the Germanic peoples after 240 AD. Decian Persecution of the Christians 249-251 AD.