The Third Punic War commenced, after which the
Romans caught the Carthaginians in

A Trap.

Corinth taken and Greece reduced to a Roman province,

was a great

Outrage.

The Extension of the Roman power, to Greece, Macedon, etc., sung many a nation's

Tiberius Gracchus was put to death, and denied

Dirge.

The Civil War began between Marius and Sylla, before warriors had adopted the

A Hot Siege.

Use of the Fife.

Use of the Fife.

The First Mithridatic War commenced, before warriors

had adopted the

Marius sat among the ruins of Carthage, but he would have preferred sitting on A Sofa with a Wife.

Sylla was Dictator, having no Council of

Seven.

Spartacus, the Gladiator, commenced the Servile War, and he did not find it a very

Wise Game.

When Catiline's conspiracy was discovered by Cicero, he took refuge in the

House of a Chum.

The First Triumvirate, between Pompey, Cæsar and
Crassus, was a coalition of three

Sages.

Julius Cæsar's first Campaign, was not conducted by

A Slave.

A Slave.

Cicero was banished at the instigation of Clodius, and
he left rather than be
Cæsar invaded Britain, and attacked the cities very

Cæsar passed the Rubicon, and was proclaimed Dictator,

by the

Slily.

Wise of Europe.

Pompey's Pillar, erected at Alexandria, is higher than

A House-roof.

Casar when he was killed in the Senate-house, had the

reputation of

A Wise Warrior.

The Second Triumvirate, Octavius, Antony and Lepidus, enlisted

A Wise Army.

Wise of Rome.

Cicero who was murdered by the followers of Antony,
was one of the
Augustus Cæsar was Emperor, and he showed the wis-

dom of

A Wise Muse

The Temple of Janus was shut, and the god of war took

An Easy Nap.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus completed his History, which has been celebrated in

Song,

Caractacus chief of the Britons, captured by the Romans,

Boadicea Q. of Britain defeated Romans under Suetonius,
First persecution of the Christians, by Nero,

Nero set Rome on fire, and laid it to the Christians,
Josephus, the Jewish Historian, made Gov. of Galilee,
Jerusalem destroyed, by Titus Emperor of Rome,
Plague at Rome-10,000 perished in a day,
Herculaneum and Pompeii destroyed, by an eruption of

Mt. Vesuvius: Pliny the elder suffocated,

Julius Agricola elected Governor of South Britain,

Britain conquered by the Romans under Domitian,

Pliny the yr. sends Trajan an account of the Christians,

Trajan's Column, 140 feet high, erected at Rome,

A. D. 17

41

49

The Jews massacre 200,000 Greeks and Romans at Cyrene, 115 Plutarch the Biographer, died,

Caledonians reconquer Scotland from the Romans,

Adrian Emperor of Rome, leads an Expedition into Britain,
The Romans destroy 580,000 Jews in Judea,

Antoninus Pius defeats the Moors and Germans, in battle,
Glass-making practiced by the Chinese,

Septimius Severus builds a wall across Britain,

Grist-mills invented in Ireland,

Alexander Severus murdered, in a mutiny of his army,

119

.

The Franks first mentioned in history,

241

Tenth (last) persecution of the Christians, by Diocletian,

303

Constantine the Gr., the first Christian Emperor, reigned, . 306 Constantine with his army, saw a Cross in the Heavens,

312

Middle Age Chronology.

2.

Christianity becomes the religion of the Roman Empire, A. D. 325 Council of Nice; the first general Council,

Constantine abolished the combats of the gladiators,

Constantine removed the seat of the Roman Empire from

Church Music first introduced into public worship,
Paris founded, by the Franks,

325

364

400

404

410

420

421

425

426

Carthage surrenders to Genseric.-Kingdom of the Van

Eastern and Western Roman Empires divided,
Bells invented, by Paulinius Bishop of Campania,
Fergus the first king of Scotland, began his reign,
Rome sacked and plundered, by Alaric king of the Goths,
France founded by Pharamond, on the lower Rhine,
Saddles first invented,
Theodosius established public schools, and attempted the

Saxons first arrived in Britain, under Hengist and Horsa, Battle of Chalons-Theodoric the Visigoth, defeated and killed by Attila the. Hun-163,000 men slain,

Fall of the Western Roman Empire,

Kingdom of Sweden (Ancient Scandinavia), began,
Shoeing of horses first practiced,

St. Patrick the patron saint of Ireland, died,

491

Clovis I. king of France, converted to Christianity,

Belisarius reduced Carthage, Africa, and the Moors,
Kingdom of Northumberland in England, founded,
Latin language ceased to be spoken in Italy,

Christianity introduced into Britain, by Augustin,

Mahomet published his Koran,

597

612

Jerusalem and the Cross of Christ, taken by the Persians,

614

Middle Age Chronology.

3.

Hegira or Mahomet's flight from Mecca to Medina, A. D. 622

Organs invented, and first used in Churches,
Republic and Doges of Venice, established,
Spain conquered by the Saracens,

Christian Era first adopted by Historians,

Bagdad made the seat of the Caliphs, by Almansor,
Charlemagne commenced his reign in France,
Charlemagne annexed Italy and Lombardy to France,
Haroun al Raschid declared war against the Romans,
Golden period of Learning, in Arabia,
Law pleading in courts first practiced,
Empire of the West, established by Charlemagne,
Kingdom of Denmark established by Gotricus, .

.

Kingdom of England founded, by Egbert, King of Wessex,

Fairs and markets instituted in England,

Spirituous liquors first made,

Russian monarchy founded at Ladoga by Ruric,

827

830

835

862

867

886

University of Oxford founded, by Alfred the Great,

Alfred the Great divides England into Counties, and com

Christianity introduced into Russia, by the Princess Olga, 955
Wolves expelled from England and Wales,

Otho the Great, Emperor of Germany, conquered Italy,
Juries first instituted, by Ethelred II.,

Duties on imported goods, first collected in Great Britain,
Grand Canal in China, built; 866 miles long,
Arabic figures introduced into Europe, by the Saracens,

959