| | 510--Africa first circumnavigated. 500 | | 500--Pythagoras teaching in Greece. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | PERSIAN | 490--Battle of Lake Regillus in Italy. | | 490--Battle of Marathon in Greece. | | | | | | | | | | | | | EMPIRE. | | | 418--Battle of Mantinea in Greece. 400 | | 400--Retreat of the Ten Thousand in Persia. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 399--Death of Socrates. | | | | | | | | | 330 B.C. | +-----------------+ | | | | 300 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | KINGDOMS | | | 264--First Punic war begun by Rome. | | | | 216--Battle of Cannae; overthrow of | | Hannibal. | | 211--Wall of China completed. 200 | OF ALEXANDER'S | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | | | | | | | | | SUCCESSORS. | 123--The Gracchi in Rome. | | 100 | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | | | 60 B.C. | +-----------------+ 41--Assassination of Julius Caesar. | | | | 27--Augustus, Emperor of Roman World. | | A.D. | ROMAN EMPIRE. | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 14 A.D.--Tiberius, Emperor. | | | | 41--Claudius, Emperor. | | | | 54--Nero, Emperor. | | | | 79--Titus, Emperor. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 100 A.D. | 100 A.D. | +-----------------+