60 - 69CE

155 timeline events in this category

1. order CLEMENS LAST ORDER

   August

   CLEMENS LAST ORDER

   • Clemens last order. To execute Cyprianus and the order is to be carried out. While the order is carried out, Cyprianus is murdered by Gneaus, the son of the wrongly executed Titus Gurges. 

   Event Type.: Death, Society
   • 164 views

2. death CLEMENS DIES AT THE HANDS OF RUFIA FLAVIA

   August

   CLEMENS DIES AT THE HANDS OF RUFIA FLAVIA

   • Clemens dies at the hands of Rufia Flavia with a poisoned blade (given to her by Antonia Vitellia) and it went through the heart. Killing him instantly.
   • However, she claimed it was an assassin's blade, allowing her to go free. 

   Event Type.: Death, Assassination, Society, Civil war/revolt/riots
   • 144 views

3. caesar QUINTUS ALEXANDER THE UNDISPUTED CAESAR OF ROME

   August

   QUINTUS ALEXANDER THE UNDISPUTED CAESAR OF ROME

   • With his rivals dead, Quintus Alexander becomes undisputed emperor of Rome and marches in triumph.

   Event Type.: Society
   • 119 views

4. raiding VIRICO DISOBEYS EPPITACOS

   August

   VIRICO DISOBEYS EPPITACOS

   • In Britannia: Virico disobeys the orders given to him by Eppitacos, and takes a fleet (and a large portion of the British army) to plunder and raid Roman cities and towns on the Amorican coast of Gaul. Eppitacos raises his men and takes military control of Virico's homeland.

   Event Type.: Battle, Society
   • 135 views

5. restructure QUINTUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER RESTRUCTURES MILITARY

   September

   QUINTUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER RESTRUCTURES MILITARY

   • Quintus Flavius Alexander Caesar Augustus begins work restructuring the praetorians and the legions in aftermath of the civil war.

   Event Type.: Society
   • 150 views

6. defeated VIRICO IS DEFEATED

   September

   VIRICO IS DEFEATED

   • In Britannia: After successful raids along the Gaulish coast, Virico's forces decide to raid Roman settlements in Britannia. On the way, he encounters the Classis Britannia and is defeated, the remnants of his forces scattering. Virico survives and is captured by the Romans.

   Event Type.: Battle, Society, Civil war/revolt/riots
   • 195 views

7. conflict CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ROMANS AND BRITISH

   September

   CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ROMANS AND BRITISH

   • The Romans press the attack to take advantage of the divided Briton forces; the legions are sent northward toward Brigantine lands. Eppitacos sends his army to face the Romans in pitched battle. Eppitacos’ army beats back the Roman advance; Clochion is spared, but the Romans are not totally defeated.

   Event Type.: Battle
   • 236 views

8. attack LUGII AND MARCOMANNI ALLIANCE AND ATTACK

   October

   LUGII AND MARCOMANNI ALLIANCE AND ATTACK

   • In Germania: In reaction to the recent Roman attack, and emboldened by the weakened borders and relatively successful German incursions, chieftains of the Lugii and Marcomanni meet and decide to launch a full scale attack across the Rhine.

   Event Type.: Battle, Conquest
   • 195 views

9. alive HONORIUS SURVIVED

   October

   HONORIUS SURVIVED

   • In Rome: Honorius, who survived the assassination attempt and has been living in the provinces with amnesia, under the guise of Marcus Calpurnius Irisius, begins to recover his memories and conducts a quest to get revenge against those responsible for his fall, namely Cyprianus. His investigation leads him to Sextus Ursus.

   Event Type.: Society
   • 255 views

10. invasion GERMANIC INCURSIONS EVOLVE INTO A FULL-SCALE INVASION

    November

    GERMANIC INCURSIONS EVOLVE INTO A FULL-SCALE INVASION

    • In Germania: A Germanic horde launches an invasion into Roman Germania, taking two Roman forts along the border.
    • Auxiliary scouts arrive in Moguntiacum to report the invasion. Tribune Lucius Bellomarus of the 1st Raetian Auxilia rallies veterans around Aventicum; his numbers swell to 5,000. He intercepts the advancing Germans and engages them in combat. The Germans take great losses and lose heart; the Lugii and Marcomanni split, with the Lugii moving north and the Marcomanni moving south.
    • The Lugii attempt to retreat back into greater Germania but were thwarted by Legatus Sulla Felix; the Romans win a complete victory over the Lugii; their king, Marbod is captured alive.
    • The Marcomanni split even further and into more directions. The force under Vangio has moved westward into Gaul. His brother Sido leads a larger host and successfully captures Fort Aug. Praetoria; They winter in the Alps.

    Event Type.: Battle, Conquest, Society
    • 236 views

11. stabilise the empire CAESAR ALEXANDER PROMOTES HIS CLOSEST ALLIES AND MAKES PLANS TO STABILISE THE EMPIRE

    December

    CAESAR ALEXANDER PROMOTES HIS CLOSEST ALLIES AND MAKES PLANS TO STABILISE THE EMPIRE

    • Quintus Alexander holds the final senate meeting of the year. He declares himself senior consul of the new year with his brother Octavius Alexander as his co-consul; Gaius Sestius Vaticanus as lieutenant governor of Pannonia; Quintus Caecina Tuscus as lieutenant governor of Syria; Numerius Julius Mento as lieutenant governor of Africa; Gaius Livius Lucretinus Aemilianus' post as Praefectus Urbanus be made official; Caesar claims role as sole censor, as Lucius Sulla Magnus declines his own nomination as censor; Jullus Flavius Alexander as Praefectus Praetorio, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus as one of the Tribunes of the Plebs and Marcus Aemilius Scaurus Alexander as Quaestor Augusti. Among other notable nominations, newly popular with the people, young Marcus Antonius Tacitus is made Tribune of the Plebs; Tertius Quinctilius Varus praetor; and Secundus Quinctilius Varus quaestor.

    Event Type.: Society
    • 169 views

12. amnesty AMNESTY TO TRAITORS

    December

    AMNESTY TO TRAITORS

    • The senate decides to grant amnesty to the traitors, who are required to pay 25% of their wealth to the state.

    Event Type.: Society
    • 150 views

13. legions THE RHINE AND BRITANNIA

    December

    THE RHINE AND BRITANNIA

    • Rome will shore up defenses and numbers on the Rhine in response to the Germanic threat. The senate declares that Rome will wage an offensive war against Eppitacos' Britons.

    Event Type.: Battle, Conquest, Society
    • 214 views

14. women WOMEN OF CAESARS FAMILY

    December

    WOMEN OF CAESARS FAMILY

    • The women of Quintus Caesar's family become prominent. Each able to be approached for the influence she may have with her husband, and are approached by many who seek out potential husbands for him. 

    Event Type.: Society
    • 135 views

15. consuls QUINTUS FLAVIUS CAESAR ALEXANDER & OCTAVIUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER

    1 January QUINTUS FLAVIUS CAESAR ALEXANDER & OCTAVIUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER

    QUINTUS FLAVIUS CAESAR ALEXANDER & OCTAVIUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER 

    Event Type.: Consuls
    • 215 views

16. jan through to march QUINTUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER IN GAUL AND GERMANIA

    January

    QUINTUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER IN GAUL AND GERMANIA

    • Quintus Caesar begins the campaign season by marching north into Gaul, routing the German incursions and beating them back into Germania. He personally visits each legionary fort along the Rhine. While in-country, he reorganizes the legions and replenishes them by granting citizenship to various allies and provincials, and creating new citizen-cohorts from their numbers. He gives them promises of land in Britannia and beyond the Rhine. The German Legions are given orders to shore their defenses and prepare for attacks beyond the Rhine into German territories

    Event Type.: Battle, Conquest, Society
    • 166 views

17. exiled OCTAVIUS GATHERS LIST OF THE EXILED

    April

    OCTAVIUS GATHERS LIST OF THE EXILED

    • Octavius Alexander gathers a comprehensive list of nobles exiled by previous emperors – from before Claudius; Quintus extends pardons to almost all of them.

    Event Type.: Society
    • 186 views

18. returned to rome TIBERIUS IS REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY

    May

    TIBERIUS IS REUNITED WITH HIS FAMILY

    • Tiberius is returned to Rome, the previously-assumed-dead son of Claudius and Lucilla; He is taken in by Quintus’ household, and kept close to Octavius.

    Event Type.: Society
    • 119 views

19. construction CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLAVIAN COLOSSEUM STARTS

    May

    CONSTRUCTION OF THE FLAVIAN COLOSSEUM STARTS

    • Construction on the Flavian Colosseum begins.
    • The construction gives work to many citizens and freedmen. 

    Event Type.: Society
    • 119 views

20. architects OCTAVIUS ALEXANDER REACHES OUT TO FIND ARCHITECTS

    July

    OCTAVIUS ALEXANDER REACHES OUT TO FIND ARCHITECTS

    • He reaches out to find architects for a variety of construction projects he has been planning. 

    Event Type.: Society
    • 122 views

21. brought to rome OCTAVIUS ALEXANDER BRINGS JULIA DRUSILLA TO ROME

    November

    OCTAVIUS ALEXANDER BRINGS JULIA DRUSILLA TO ROME

    • Asked to bring Julia Drusilla to Rome, Octavius travels to her villa and is attacked by bandits along the way. 
    • The bandits slain; yet with his clothing coated in blood and frightens Julia Drusilla's household. 
    • Soon she is reassured and travels with him to Rome before residing with his family, soon settling into public life. 

    Event Type.: Society
    • 158 views

22. germania QUINTUS ALEXANDER IN GAUL PREPARES FOR BRITANNIA

    December

    QUINTUS ALEXANDER IN GAUL PREPARES FOR BRITANNIA

    • Quintus finishes the year in Gesoriacum, with fresh legions of Gauls (and allied cohorts composed of German tribes) which he intends to use for his expedition into Britannia

    Event Type.: Battle, Conquest, Society
    • 172 views

23. britannia EPPITACOS HEARS CAESAR IS COMING

    December

    EPPITACOS HEARS CAESAR IS COMING

    • The Britons, under the command of Eppitacos, continue their policy of avoiding pitched battles and instead continue to undermine the strength of the remaining Roman legions by disrupting their flow of goods and news. Word reaches them of Caesar’s intentions to bring fresh legions to the island and there is uncertainty as to how to properly prepare.
    • Eppitacos is of the belief that their resistance is futile and will only bring about the death of their way of life in the end. His goal, he tells his people, is to speak with Caesar and agree on terms wherein Britannia becomes a client kingdom under the thumb of Rome, offering her soldiers for Rome’s legions and in return they retain their ways. Support is divided, but Eppitacos plans to meet Caesar regardless.

    Event Type.: Battle, Society
    • 194 views

24. consuls OCTAVIUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER & JULLUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER

    1 January OCTAVIUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER & JULLUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER

    OCTAVIUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER & JULLUS FLAVIUS ALEXANDER

    Event Type.: Consuls
    • 150 views

25. britannia QUINTUS ALEXANDER TRAVELING THROUGH BRITANNIA

    March

    QUINTUS ALEXANDER TRAVELING THROUGH BRITANNIA

    • Quintus makes the crossing to Britannia in early spring without any losses to his forces to storms. He spends the first several months of the year reading over reports and building highways in the south-eastern Roman holds, where their power is stronger and uncontested. He then marches his army to the frontier forts, doing as he did in Gaul by reorganizing the legions to bring them to full strength.

    Event Type.: Society
    • 153 views