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HISTORY. 



(Hanno). Nectanebus conquered. Factions inUree 

 The Siunniti 1 ar. Philip victuriiius at Chteron 



aer exaners ea governors: erccas, 

 Eumenes, Antigonus, Lysimachus, Ptolemy Lagus). 

 Wars between the successors of Alexander. Liberty 

 of the plebeians at Rome. Empire of the Seleucidae. 

 Battle of Ipsus. Demetrius Phalereus in Athens. 



nus an anges. emerus oorcees. oan 

 and A ch.-i'.'iri league. Kingdoms of Pergamus, Bithy- 

 nia, Pontus and Cappadocia. Etruria conquered by 

 the Romans. Pyrrhus is victorious (chariots with 

 scythes ; fortified camps). Roman commerce with 

 Egypt Silver coin ; gladiatorial games. Lower Italy 

 conquered by the liomans. First Punic war (Duilius; 

 nilnniiia rostrata). Partho-Persian empire. Bactriau 

 empire. 



Arsacidae. Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica conquered by the 

 Romans. Carthaginians in Spain (Hamilcar). Ger- 

 mans. Upper Italy conquered by the Romans. 

 Antiochus III. in Syria; Philip II. in Macedonia. 

 iioman commercial intercourse with Greece. Second 

 Punic war (Hannibal victorious at Cannae). Marcellus 

 captures Syracuse (Archimedes). All Sicily con- 

 quered by the Romans. The Grecian treasures of art 

 gradually carried to Rome (Golden age). -Flaminian 

 way; gold coins; Fabius Pictor. Scipio conquers 

 Spain. Hannibal defeated at Zama. Egypt under 

 Roman guardianship (Ptolemy Euergetes; Berenice). 

 Eratosthenes of Cyreiie. 



nusj ; mcueuuLiiumiu r.piru conquereu oy me jioinans. 

 Massinissa in Numidia. Kingdom of Pontus ; 

 Mithridates I. (Parthian empire). Pavement in 

 Rome : Bacchanalia ; sumptuary laws. P. Cato (hor- 

 ticulture). 



Third Punic war; Carthage destroyed. Corinth de- 

 stroyed. Roman universal empire. Maccabees. 

 Commerce of the world centres at Alexandria. Per- 

 gamus, a Roman province. Judaea free. Wu-Ti in 

 China. Chinese commerce with India and Persia. 

 Spain and Lusitania Roman provinces. Fall of the 



nt ,\i|u,i- ot-Auaj ^/IIA.; ;i.'m uie i nnitri at verc< 

 (Vercelli). The equestrian order in Rome becomes a 

 distinct class. 



Marius rules. Struggle between Mithridates VII. of 

 Poutus and Rome. Cyrene a Roman province. Ad- 

 mission of the allies to the rights of citizenship. Sylla 

 conquers Athens (fall of Greece) ; victorious over 

 Marius. Bithynia conquered by the Romans. Canary 

 islands (Fortunate islands) discovered. Sylla dictator. 

 Mithridates conquered. ( Battle of Nicopolis.) Pontus 

 and Syria Roman provinces. The Indian era of Vic- 

 ramaditya. Sacontala. Sertorius in Spain ; Spartacus 

 in Lucania defeated. Germans in the country of the 

 Celts (Gauls) ; Ariovistus. Confederacy of the Suevi. 

 Catiline, Cicero. First triumvirate (Caesar, Pom- 

 pey, Crassus). Juba, king of Numidia. Caesar in 

 Gaul, Germany, and Britain. Victory of the Parthians 

 over Crassus at Carrhae. Battle of Pharsalia. Pom- 

 pey killed in Egypt. Burning of the Alexandrian 

 library. 



Caesar victorious at Thapsus; Numidia conquered by 

 the Romans. Cato of Utica d. Julian calendar (Jan. 

 1, 45). Caesar d. 44. Second triumvirate (Antony, 

 Octavius, Lepidus). Battle of Philippi. Brutus and 

 Cassius kill themselves. Parthians conquered. Nori- 

 cum a Roman province. 



Victory at Actinm. Antony d. in Egypt. Caesar Au- 

 gustus (Octavius) emperor. 



Virgil, Horace, Diunysius of Halicarnassus. Cantabria, 

 Asturia, Rhaetia, Vindelicia, Moesia become Roman 

 provinces. Christ born Graecomania in Rome. 

 Worship of Isis there 



Buddhism in Thibet, China, and Siam. Marcomanni 

 (Marohoduus). Judaea Koman province. Arrainiuf 



emperor, ^iiver age.; urusus, irermamcus. jonr 

 the Baptist. Roman military colonies on the Danube 

 and on the Rhine. System of defence against the Ger- 

 man tribes. 



486 



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500 



Jesus Christ crucified. Apostles. Calieult, emperor. 

 Chudiua, emperor Praetorians Christians (Paul). 

 Druids in Germany. Mauritania a Roman province 

 Thrace a Roman province. Cherusci, Catti, Frisians 

 Batavi. Vannius. 



Nero, emperor. Burning of Rome. Persecution of the 

 Christians. Worship of Fo in China. (jalba, Otlm 

 Vitellius, emperors. Vespasian, emperor. Jerusalem 

 taken Claudius Civilis. Titus, emperor Hercula- 

 neiiin. Pompeii, Stabiae overwhelmed. Dom tian, 

 emperor Conquest of Southern Britain (Agricola). 

 Northern empire of the Huns in China destroyed. 

 Nerva, emperor. Goths, Suevi. Trajan, emperor 

 (Forum Trajanf). Ulpian library. Dacia conquered 

 ( Trajan's pillar). Teutones in Illyria. 



Armenia a Roman province. Adrian, emperor. (Bra- 

 zen age.) Adrian's tomb ; Caledonian wall ; baths of 

 Agrippa. Final destruction of Jerusalem. Bucharia 

 conquered by the Chinese. Gnostics in Africa. 

 Temple at Heliopolis. 



Antoninus, emperor. Sien-Pi in China. Plague in 

 Europe and Asia. Saxons on the Elbe and Kider. 

 Marcus Aurelius, emperor. Antonine column. Wars 

 between Rome and Parthia. War against the Mar- 

 comanni andQuadi. Commodus, emperor. Peace with 

 the Marcomanni. Goths in Dacia. Runic writing. Li- 

 centiousness of the praetorians. Commerce between 

 Europe and China. Chinese catalogue of stars 

 (Tchang-Hong). Catholic church. Talmud. 



Picts' wall. Corea tributary to Japan. Alemanni on 

 the Maine. Alexander Severus, emperor. Ptolemy 

 of Pelusium. Eclectics. Persia (Sassanides; Artax- 

 erxes I., their founder). 



Confederacy of the Franks between the Elbe and Rhine. 

 Odin in Scandinavia. Huns on the Caspian sea. 

 Chiliasts. New Platonists. Thirty tyrants, Gallien- 

 us. Alemannic confederacy. Palmyra (Zenobia). 

 Aurelian, emperor. Loss of Dacia. Palmyra iu 

 ruins. Cultivation of the vine on the Rhine. Monks 

 in Syria and Egypt. Manes and the Manichtrans. 

 Ossian. Probus, emperor. Diocletian, emperor ; 

 division of the imperial power. Era of martyrs, Aug. 

 29. Saxons and Franks in Britain. 



Constantino I., Caesar in Gaul. Sapor II., Persian king, 

 conqueror. Yuen-Ti in China. Constantino con- 

 verted to Christianity. Prohibition of sacrifices. 

 Donatists in Africa. Induction of 15 years. Council 

 of Alexandria. Corruptions of Christianity (ceremo- 

 nies). Constantino I., sole emperor. Arius and the 

 Arians. Council of Nice. Vandals in Pannonia. 

 Christianity in Abyssinia. Byzantium (Constanti- 

 nople), imperial residence. Division of the empire 

 (Constantine II., Constantius, Constans). Monasteries 

 in the Tliebais. Picts and Scots. 



Constantius, sole emperor. Paris, Salian Franks.-- 

 Pilgrimages to the holy sepulchre. Julian, emperor. 

 Wars with the Persians. Valentinian in Rome, 

 Valens in Constantinople. Ostrogoths. Visigoths. 

 Beginning of the great emigration of nations. The 

 Huns pass the Don. Tlieodosius in Constantinople. 

 (Iron age.) Ecclesiastical tribunal at Saragossa. 

 Council of Constantinople. (Theodosius, sole emperor 

 after the conquest of Italy.) Egypt annexed to the 

 Byzantine empire. Persecution of the pagans. Divi- 

 sion : Eastern empire, Western (Arcadius, Honorius). 

 Visigoths in Greece (Alaric). Yezdegerd I., Persian 

 king. Image worship among Christians. Beginning 

 of the Christian hierarchy. 



Emigration of the Germanic tribes. (Rhadagais, Alaric, 

 Hermanric, Ataulphus, or Adolphus). Visiothic 

 kingdom in Gaul and Spain. Varanes V., in P. rsia. 

 The German a written language. Franks pass the 

 Rhine. The Romans withdraw from Britain. Arme- 

 nia taken by the Persians. Pelagians in Africa 

 Attila: empire of the Huns from China to Gaul. 

 Saxons in Britain. Vandals in Africa. Christian 

 colonies in Persia. Maps (Agathodaemou). Posts in, 

 the Eastern empire. 



Battle of Chalons. Merovaeus. king of the Franks. 

 Attila d. ; decline of the empire of the Huns. King- 

 dom of the Gepidae on the Theiss Kingdom of the 

 Burgundians. Ostrogoths in Pannonia (Theodotnir). 

 Simon Stylites ; Moses of Chorene. Masorites 

 (Persia). Euric, king of theVibigoths (laws). Romans 

 expelled from Spain. 



Revolt of the foreign soldiers in Italy (llernli, Rugii, 

 &c.) Under Odoacer. Odoacer, king of Itnly. 



End of the Western Empire. Beginning of the Middle 

 Ages. 



Kingdom of the Franks in Gaul (Clovis) after the battle 

 of 'Soissons. Arthur, British prince. Italy conquered 

 by the Ostrogoths (Theodoric) . Kingdom of the 

 Czechs iu Boiohemum ; the Boioarii retire to the 

 Danube. 



Ilovia victorious against the Alemanni and Visigoths. 

 Benedict of Norcia (Monastic rules, 5'*J.) Wu-Ti in 

 China. (Commerce with Ceylon.) Cosmas, the 

 Egyptian navigator to India. Justinian, emperor of 

 Byzantium ; Roman code (civil law). Angles in 

 Britain. Prankish dominion over Thnringia, Bur 

 gundy, Bavaria, and Alemania. First monastic orders 

 ?n Germany. Dionysian era. Institution! and Pan- 



