+--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | TIME-TABLE OF THE WORLD: A.D. 1 to 500 | | | | Organisation of the Roman Empire. The Rise of Christianity. | | Partition of the Empire. The Barbarian Invasion and Fall of the | | Western Empire. Rise of the Franks | +-----+--------------------------+-----------------------------+-----+ |A.D. | The East and Africa | Europe |A.D. | | 1 | | Beginning of the Christian | 1 | | | | Era. | | | | | Imperial system completed | | | | | under Tiberius. | | | | | Rhine, Danube, and Euphrates| | | | | form frontiers of the | | | | | Empire. | | | | | Caligula and Claudius | | | | | emperors. | | | | | BRITAIN: Roman occupation. | | | | | Spread of Christianity. | | | 50 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+ 50 | | | | Nero emperor: Galba, Otho, | | | | | Vitellius. | | | | Destruction of Jerusalem | Vespasian: the “Flavian” | | | | by Titus, 70. | emperors. | | | | | Nerva chosen by Senate in | | | | | succession to Domitian. | | | | | The “Five good Emperors,” | | | | | 96-180. | | | | | Succession of Trajan, 98. | | | 100 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+ 100 | | | Arabia designated as a | Trajan’s campaigns in Dacia.| | | | Roman province. | Administration organised | | | | Trajan’s expedition to | under Hadrian. | | | | the Persian Gulf | Roman law systematised by | | | | unsuccessful. Eastward | Salvius Julianus. | | | | expansion of Rome | Antoninus Pius. | | | | checked. | | | | 150 +--------------------------+-----------------------------+ 150 | | | Establishment of Roman | Development of Roman | | supremacy in Armenia. | civilisation in Gaul | | | | | and Spain. | |