23 Augustus resigns the consulship. Failure of expedition to Arabia Death of Marcellus. Vergil’s _Æneid_, Horace’s _Odes,_ i, ii, iii 20 Augustus in Asia. Submission of Parthians 19 Death of Vergil Conquest of North Spain 17 Julian “Laws of Morality”. Secular games. Horace as laureate. Augustus adopts Gaius and Lucius his grandsons 16 German invasion of Gaul. Defeat of Lothus 13 Theatre of Marcellus built Drusus in Gaul for conquest of Germany 12 Dedication of Ara Pacis Augustæ 9 End of Livy’s _History_ Death of Drusus after four campaigns in Germany 8 Death of Horace and Mæcenas Tiberius in Germany 4 Death of Herod. Probable date of birth of Christ 2 Banishment of Julia A.D. 2 Death of Lucius and mortal wounding of Gaius. Tiberius adopted 4 Building of “Maison Carrée” at Tiberius’s annual campaigns in Nismes Germany 6 Establishment of military chest at Judæa becomes a province Rome. Temple of Castor rebuilt (census of Quirinius) Great revolt in Pannonia 8 Banishment of Ovid Subjection of Pannonia 9 Defeat of Varus by Arminius in Germany 14 Death of Augustus. Succession of Revolt of Rhine and Danube _Tiberius_. Political extinction of armies quelled by Germanicus the _comitia_. Extension of law and Drusus of treason and growth of informing (_delatio_) 16 Germanicus defeats the Germans under Arminum’i at Idistavisus 27 Tiberius retires to Capri. Sejanus in command of Rome 37 _Gaius Cæsar_ (Caligula), murdered by Futile expedition towards Britain Prætorian guard 41 _Claudius_ New provinces incorporated Mauretania, Lycia, Thracia (46), and Judæa. Conquest of Britain begun (43) 54 _Nero_ 55 Poisoning of Britannicus 61 Revolt of Boadicea in Britain 64 Fire at Rome, and first persecution of the Christians 68 Revolt of Vindex in Gaul and Galba in Spain