| 9 AD | Rome tried to take Germany, Germanic warriors crushed Romans | |
| Romans built wall called "the limes" south of the Danube against Germanic warriors | ||
| 30 | Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judah orders Jesus' death | |
| 37 | Tiberius dies, (inherited Rome from Augustus), replaced by Caligula | |
| 41 | Caligula assassinated, replaced by Claudius | |
| 43 | Roman Emperor Claudius sends Aulus Plautius and 40,000 men on Britain expedition, established bases in now Kent took 40 years to settle. Romans did not want Scotland or Wales who resisted Roman rule. Romans legions at Chester and Caerwent against Picts and Celtic tribes. Hadrian's wall 72 miles long was built connecting the Tyne to the Solway. (121?) Those who supported Gauls on mainland were punished. | |
| 54 | Claudius poisoned, succeeded by Nero | |
| 64 | Roman persecution of Christians begin | |
| 68 | Nero commits suicide | |
| 71 | Roman Colosseum built in Rome (to 80 AD) | |
| 84 | Romans control Mesopotamia, Balkans, Arabia | |
| 106 | Roman Emperor Trajan took Dacia, now Hungary and Romania | |
| 117 | Emperor Hadrian rules Rome (to 138 AD) | |
| Codifies Roman law, rebuilds Pantheon, establishes postal system | ||
| 161 | Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius rules Rome (to 180) | |
| Defends Rome from northern Germanic tribes and eastern Parthians | ||
| 193 | Roman Clodius Albinis declared himself governor of Britain | |
| 250 | Start of invasions of Franks and Goths | |
| 306 | Constantine was declared Emperor by his troops | |
| 312 | Constantine reunites eastern and western Rome | |
| 313 | Constantine issues Edict of Milan legalizing Christianity | |
| 330 | Constantine builds new capitol Constantinople at Byzantium | |
| 337 | Constantine becomes Christian on his deathbed | |
| 325 | Council of Nicaea defines orthodox Christian doctrine | |
| 383 | Magnus Maximus becomes Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire | |
| 388 | Theodosius defeats, captures and executes Maximus, Dionotus, the brother of Caradocus, became king of the Britons | |
| 392 | Theodosius rules Rome to 395, last emperor of united Rome. | |
| 395 | Rome divided, east ruled from Constantinople, west ruled from Rome | |
| 400's | Romans abandoned Britain, creating Dark Ages. Roman language did not prevail, religion did | |