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146 B.C.: Greek peninsula came under rule of the Roman Empire following the Battle of Corinth.

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October 15th, 70 B.C.
Andes, Cisalpine Gaul, Italy

Born to equestrian, landowning family, received an education.

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September 21st, 19 B.C.
Brundisium, Italy, Roman Empire

Died of fever on a ship back to Italy, Aeneid published soon after.

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After being educated in Cremona, Milan, and Rome, Virgil initially wanted to pursue a career in law. However, as he wasn't particularly outspoken in politics or active in the military, he pursued his interest in poetry.

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71 BC: Third Servile War
Roman forces defeated slaves in rebellion, led by Spartacus.

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19 BC: Cantabrian Wars ended
Roman forces led a conquest to conquer the Cantabri in northern Hispania.

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Pastoral collection of 10 poems which discussed the land confiscations impacting the citizens of Italy where Virgil lived at the time.

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Virgil's last work, which many think is unfinished (because Virgil was on his way back to Italy to edit the poetry at the time of his death), about the founding of Rome by Aeneas as he was fleeing the sack of Troy.

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42 BC: Liberator's Civil War
Started by the Second Triumvirate (Octavian, Mark Antony, Lepidus) to avenge Julius Caesar's assassination; they defeated Brutus and Cassius.

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31 BC: Battle of Actium
Naval battle in which the fleet of Octavian (Augustus) defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra.

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48 B.C.: Pompey defeated by Caesar at the Battle of Pharsalus, Ptolemy beheads Pompey to win favor with Caesar. This has the opposite effect, causing Caesar to side with Ptolemy's sister, Cleopatra. Ptolemy was overthrown and Cleopatra took the throne, she and Caesar were also in an affair.

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27 B.C.: Juba II restored to throne as King of Mauretania. Juba II wrote books about the culture and history of Africa, and he was married to Cleopatra Selene (daughter of Cleopatra VII Philopator and Mark Antony). Following his death, his territory was annexed as a Roman province.

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27-25 BC: Beginning of Augustus' Rule
Augustus took power and was awarded the title "princeps."
He married his daughter Julia to Marcus Claudius Marcellus, whom he chose as his successor.

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36 BC: Battle of Zhizhi
This was fought between the Han Dynasty and Xiongnu chieftan Zhizhi Chanyu. Han forces captured and killed Zhizhi, and this was likely fought near what is eastern Kazakhstan today.

33 BC: Emperor Yuan died, leaving his son Emperor Cheng as the successor of the Han Dynasty.

30 BC: The earliest surviving mention of the wheelbarrow appeared!

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133 B.C.: Aegean islands added to Greece, now a part of the Roman Empire.

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88 B.C.: Athens and other Greek city-states revolted against Rome, rebellion crushed by General Lucius Cornelius Sulla.

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27 B.C.: Augustus organized Greece as the peninsula of Achaea.

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100 BC: The city of Cahuachi, religious capital of the Nazca civilization in Modern day Peru, is founded. This city was considered sacred, and a pilgrimage site. It was one of the few locations with a guaranteed full-year water supply.

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48 B.C.: Pompey defeated by Julius Caesar at the Battle of Pharsalus in northern Greece.