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| 80 |
| | | The Colosseum is inaugurated by the emperor Titus with games lasting 100 days, in which some 9000 large animals are killed | |
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| 98 |
| | | Tacitus begins his career with two specialized but influential works of history, one on Britain and the other on Germany | |
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| c. 120 |
| | | The Pantheon, roofed with the most spectacular dome of antiquity, is built in Rome by Hadrian | |
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| c. 125 |
| | | Suetonius, librarian to Trajan and personal secretary to Hadrian, is well placed to research his racy Lives of the Caesars | |
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| c. 250 |
| | | The Christians of Rome use the catacombs as tomb chambers, and decorate the walls with murals on New Testament themes | |
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| 274 |
| | | The emperor Aurelian, grateful for the apparent assistance of a Syrian sun god, establishes the cult of the Unconquered Sun - whose birthday is December 25 | |
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| 312 |
| | | Constantine, preparing for battle against a rival at the Milvian Bridge, orders his men to wear a Christian symbol, the Chi-Rho, on their shields | |
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| 312 |
| | | After winning the battle at Milvian Bridge, Constantine marches into Rome and is formally acknowledged by the Senate as Augustus of the west | |
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| c. 315 |
| | | Constantine founds several churches in Rome, among them the first St Peter's | |
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| c. 350 |
| | | Greece begins to find a new and influential role in a Christian context, through the Byzantine empire | |
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