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| c. 50 |
| | | A western adaptation of the Persian cult of Mithras, evolving probably in Anatolia, is spread through the empire by the Roman army | |
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| 69 |
| | | Vespasian, proclaimed emperor by his troops in Alexandria, is the survivor among this year's four emperors | |
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| c. 75 |
| | | Hero, a Greek scientist in Alexandria, devises various forms of steam engine | |
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| c. 75 |
| | | The dioptra, developed by Hero of Alexandria for surveying land, is an early form of theodolite | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | A cult develops in Rome of the Egyptian goddess Isis, credited with restoring to life her hushand, Osiris, after he has been hacked to pieces | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | Realistic portraits, done in hot wax and preserved in coffins at Fayyum, vividly depict inhabitants of Roman Egypt | |
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| c. 100 |
| | | The network of Roman roads stretches eventually from England to Egypt | |
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| c. 150 |
| | | Ptolemy writes in Alexandria an encyclopedic account of Greek scientific theory in cosmology, astronomy and geography | |
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| c. 244 |
| | | Plotinus, moving from Alexandria to Rome, teaches the influential philosophy later known as Neo-Platonism | |
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| c. 250 |
| | | Roman socks, surviving in dry Egyptian tombs, are the earliest known examples of knitting | |
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