68 Year of the Four Emperors to _Galba_, June-Jan. 69 69 _Otho_, Jan-April _Vitellius_, April-Dec. 69 _Vespasian_, “The Flavian Dynasty” Revolt of Batavians under Civilis 70 Erection of Colosseum, Arch of Siege and destruction of Jerusalem Titus, and Baths of Titus 79 Titus Eruption of Vesuvius Herculaneum buried in mud and Pompeii in ashes. Death of Elder Pliny 81 _Domitian_ Progress of Agricola in Scotland. Construction of Rhætian _limes_ 86 Wars against Dacians 96 Murder of Domitian 96 _Nerva_, repealed law of treason and reduced taxes 98 _Trajan_, built Forum Trajani, Basilica (101-102) First Dacian War. Ulpia, and Column of Trajan (105-107) Second Dacian War. Dacia becomes province (114-116) Invasion of Parthia, capture of Ctesiphon. New provinces: Armenia, Mesopotamia, Assyria, and Arabia 118 _Hadrian_, built _Moles Hadriani_, Abandoned Armenia, Mesopotamia Temple of Venus and Rome, and Assyria. Grand Pantheon, Villa at Tivoli, and tour of the empire. Temple of Olympian Zeus at Hadrian’s wall in Britain. Athens Revolt and destruction of the Jewish nation 138 _Antoninus Pius_, “The Antonine Dynasty.” Built Temple of Antoninus and Faustina 161 _Marcus Aurelius._ Plague in Italy. War against Parthia. War with Statue and column of M. Aurelius Marcomanni and Quadi. Emperor died at Vienna 180 _Commodus_ 193 _Pertinax_ murdered by soldiers _Didius Julianus_ bought the throne 193 _Septimius Severus_ proclaimed by the Expedition to Britain. Emperor Illyrian legions. Great jurist died at York. Strengthening Papinian flourishes of walls 211 _Caracalla_ All inhabitants of provinces (except Egypt) become citizens 217 Baths of Caracalla finished 218 _Elagabalus._ Attempt to introduce Sun-worship 222 _Severus Alexander._ The jurist New Persian Empire of the Ulpian and the historian Dio Sassanidæ begun Cassius flourished 235 _Maximinus Thrax_ 237 _Gordianus I. and II. and III._ 244 _Philippus, the Arabian_