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==Content==
An outline of ''Roman History''.

=== Books of ''Roman History'' ===
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| '''1'''|| The [[Founding of Rome]].
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| '''2'''|| The seven legendary [[King of Rome|Roman Kings]]. The rape of [[Lucretia]] and her suicide, the [[Overthrow of the Roman monarchy]] and the shift towards a Republic.
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| '''3'''|| The early [[Roman Republic]].
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| '''4'''|| Internal strife between plebes and patricians. [[Roman dictator]] is established as a concept and office.
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| '''5'''|| The [[Conflict of the Orders]], paused during times of crisis. [[Roman–Volscian wars|Wars with the Volsci]], [[Roman–Etruscan Wars|Etruscans]], [[Roman-Aequian wars|Aequi]], [[Roman–Sabine wars|and Sabines]], and the treason of [[Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus|Coriolanus]]. The [[Twelve Tables|Laws of the Twelve Tables]].
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| '''6'''||The creation of the offices of [[consular tribune]] and of [[Roman censor|censor]]. Wars with the [[Etruscans]], [[Faliscans]], & with [[Veii]]. 
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| '''7'''|| War with the Gauls & Latins. The Capitol besieged. Failed coup of [[Marcus Manlius Capitolinus]]. Camillus serves several terms as dictator. 
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| '''8'''|| War is fought with the [[Samnites]] and with [[Capua]]. The people's debts are annulled by the tribunes.
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| '''9'''|| War is fought with [[History of Taranto|Tarentum]] and [[Epirus]]. Epirus is led by King [[Pyrrhus of Epirus|Pyrrhus]]
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| '''10'''|| Tarentum and Epirus are defeated. Rome intervenes in Volsinii by bolstering the nobility.
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| '''11'''||[[First Punic War]]. Creation of Roman navy. Recounting of [[Regulus]]
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| '''12'''|| Rome wins the First Punic War. War is fought with the Gauls, the Faliscans, Liguria, Corsica, and Sardinia. Rome begins intervention in Greek affairs.
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| '''13'''||Start of the [[Second Punic War]].
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| '''14'''||Second Punic War, continues. [[Fabius Maximus]], elected dictator, pursues a policy of attrition.
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| '''15'''||Second Punic War continues. [[Battle of Cannae]] &the [[Siege of Syracuse (213–212 BC)|Siege of Syracuse]] & Roman capture of Capua. Death of [[Archimedes]]. 
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| '''16'''||Second Punic War continues. [[Scipio Africanus|Scipio]]'s success in Spain.
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| '''17'''|| End of Second Punic War and Roman victory. 
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| '''18'''||War with [[Philip V of Macedonia]], [[Battle of Cynoscephalae]] leads to Philip's defeat. The Carthaginians incite up the Gauls. [[Cato the Elder]] and his writings.
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| '''19'''||Rome's dealings with Greece continued. War with Antiochus. Death of [[Hannibal]] in exile in Bithynia.
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| '''20'''||War against Perseus & Dalmatia. Rome's dealings with Rhodes, Cappadocia, Egypt.
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| '''21'''||[[Third Punic War]]. Carthage and Corinth destroyed.
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| '''22‑29'''||The [[Bacchanalia#Bacchanalia scandal|Bacchanalia scandal]]. Wars in Spain, and against the Cimbri and Marsians. Discussion on [[Tiberius Gracchus]].
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| '''30‑35'''||Beginning of the [[Mithridatic Wars]]. [[Sulla's civil war]].
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| '''36'''||The Armenian campaigns. [[Pompey's campaign against pirates]]
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| '''37'''||The career of [[Pompey]]. Campaigns against the Asiatic Iberians, the annexation of Syria and Phoenicia, and the [[First Triumvirate]] ([[Crassus]], [[Caesar]], and Pompey).
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| '''38'''|| [[Cicero#Exile and return|Exile of Cicero]]. Julius Caesar's first consulate.
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| '''39'''|| Gallic War, continued. Caesar crosses into Britain. Ptolemy expelled from Egypt and restored.
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| '''40'''||Gallic War, continued. Caesar crosses into Britain a second time. Crassus is defeated and killed. Rift between Caesar and Pompey begins.
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| '''41'''|| Caesar and his armies [[Crossing the Rubicon|cross the Rubicon]]. [[Battle of Dyrrhachium (48 BC)|Battle of Dyrrhachium]], [[Battle of Pharsalus]], Pompey's defeat.
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| '''42'''|| Death of Pompey. Caesar given honors in Rome.
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| '''43'''||Caesar defeats Scipio and the younger Gnaeus Pompey. Caesar's triumphs celebrated in Rome. Ground is broken for the [[Forum of Caesar]]. The Julian calendar reforms issued.
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| '''44'''||Caesar's cult of personality and his murder.
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| '''45'''||Caesar's heir [[Octavian]], and his character. The [[Second Triumvirate]] (Octavian, Antony, Lepidus). Rift between Antony and Octavian, and Cicero.
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| '''46'''||Octavian's victory over Antony.
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| '''47'''|| Rule of the Third Triumvirate. Defeat of Brutus and Cassius at the [[Battle of Philippi]].
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| '''48'''||Third Triumvirate continued. Octavian and Antony ally with, then defeat Sextus Pompey.
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| '''49'''||Octavian defeats Sextus Pompey and deprives Lepidus of his army and powers. Antony's defeat against the Parthians. Octavian conquers Pannonia. Rome acquires Mauretania.
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| '''50'''||Octavian and Antony fight each other, the latter is decisively defeated in the [[battle of Actium]].
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| '''51'''||Antony and Cleopatra. Suicide of Antony. Octavian conquers Egypt. 
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| '''52'''||Octavian prepares to become the sole ruler of Rome.
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| '''53'''||Octavian becomes sole ruler of Rome, and in doing so ushers in the imperial period. Organization of provincial administration is discussed.
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| '''54'''|| Consolidation of power by Octavian, now called [[Augustus]]. Roman rule extends to Rhaetia, Noricum, the Maritime Alps, and the Chersonesus.
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| '''55'''||Dedication of the Precinct of Livia, the Campus Agrippae, the Diribitorium, the Temple of Mars. Tiberius retires to Rhodes. Augustus' heirs both die young. Empress Livia rises in influence. 
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| '''56'''||The Disaster of Varus. Dedication of the Temple of Concord and the Portico of Livia. Death of Augustus and his funeral.
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| '''57'''||Tiberius assumes emperorship, his reign and character. Cappadocia becomes Roman. Deaths of Drusus and Germanicus Caesar.
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| '''58'''||Rise and fall of [[Sejanus]]. Continuation of Tiberius's reign, his consolidation of his hold on power, and his death.
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| '''59'''||Accession and reign of [[Caligula]].
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| '''60'''-'''61'''||Accession and reign of [[Claudius]]. Britain conquered. Claudius dies, poisoned by his wife Agrippina. Nero assumes the emperorship.
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| '''62'''||[[Agrippina the Younger]] is put to death. Nero's reign includes the revolt of [[Boudicca]] and the [[Great Fire of Rome]]. [[Domitius Corbulo]] conquers Armenia. Seneca's plot and suicide.
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| '''63'''||Nero's reign continued, and his suicide. Vespasian begins the [[First Jewish–Roman War]]. The brief reigns of Galba and Otho.
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| '''64'''||The reign of [[Vitellius]].
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| '''65'''||[[Vespasian]]'s reign. His son Titus captures Jerusalem and destroys the [[Second Temple]], winning the [[First Jewish–Roman War|First Jewish War]]. Vespasian subdues Egypt. Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus rebuilt.
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| '''66'''||Upon the death of Vespasian, [[Titus]] assumes the emperorship for two years and his reign. The eruption of Vesuvius that buried Pompeii. 
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| '''67'''||The reign and character of [[Domitian]].
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| '''68'''||The brief reign of [[Nerva]]. Reign of [[Trajan]]. The [[Trajan's Dacian Wars|Dacian Wars]] end in Roman victory. Successful campaigns in Armenia and Parthia. A major earthquake centered in Antioch. Trajan dies.
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| '''69'''||Trajan's adoptive son [[Hadrian]] succeeds to the throne. His character and interests. Antinous. Hadrian brutally suppresses the [[Bar Kokhba revolt]]. Hadrian's protracted illness and death.
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| '''70'''||The reign of [[Antoninus Pius]].
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| '''71'''||[[Marcus Aurelius]] assumes the emperorship. The war against Vologaesus in Armenia. Roman bridge-building techniques are discussed. 
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| '''72'''||Wars against the Marcomanni and the Iazyges. Cassius's revolt in Syria ends in his death. Character of Marcus Aurelius.
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| '''73'''||The reign of Marcus Aurelius' son [[Commodus]] and his character. His assassination.
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| '''74'''||The reign and assassination of [[Pertinax]]. [[Didius Julianus]] wins power by purchasing it from the [[Praetorian Guard]]. Julianus's reign, and his assassination.
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| '''75'''||[[Septimius Severus]] rise to the emperorship and his suppression of a rebellion.
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| '''76'''||Severus defeats Albinus. War in Caledonia, and second siege of Hatra in Mesopotamia: neither one particularly successful. Power of Plautianus, prefect of the city.
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| '''77'''||Eruption of Vesuvius. The downfall of Plautianus. Severus's campaign and death.
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| '''78'''||[[Caracalla|Caracalla's]] reign as emperor. The wars he fought, his character and his mass killings of Alexandrians are discussed.
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| '''79'''||Caracalla falls to Macrinus. Macrinus and his reign. Macrinus' reign primarily occupied with civil war. He is overthrown by Elagabalus.
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| '''80'''||The reign of [[Elagabalus]], who is overthrown due to his excesses. [[Severus Alexander]] assumes the throne.
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