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Events relating to the roman empire
Roman legions build the Fosse Way, a raised road with a ditch on each side stretching from Lincoln to Devon
St Paul, taking ship to Cyprus, begins the first of his great missionary journeys
St Paul, on his travels within the Roman empire, begins converting non-Jews (or Gentiles) to the new Christian faith
The Roman surgeon Cornelius Celsus describes in De Medicina how to cut stones from a patient's bladder
A western adaptation of the Persian cult of Mithras, evolving probably in Anatolia, is spread through the empire by the Roman army
A working week of seven days is adopted in Rome, based on the seven known planets (whose names provide the days)
The 16-year-old Nero is proclaimed emperor by the praetorian guards after the death of Claudius, supposedly poisoned by toadstools
St Paul arrives in Rome a prisoner, but then spends two years freely preaching Christianity
Boudicca launches a devastating attack on Roman soldiers and settlers, destroying their headquarters at Colchester
A great fire in Rome is popularly believed to have been started by Nero, whom legend also accuses of fiddling while the city burns
The Zealots play a prominent part in the uprising which expels the Romans from Jerusalem
Josephus is in Jerusalem at the start of the rebellion against the Romans, and will later describe its suppression in his Jewish War
Nero comes to Athens to give some of his officially celebrated performances at the Greek games
The Essenes hide their sacred scrolls in caves near the Dead Sea, to save them from the Romans
A rebellion in Spain prompts such chaos that Rome has four emperors within a year, after the suicide of Nero in 68
Vespasian, proclaimed emperor by his troops in Alexandria, is the survivor among this year's four emperors
Titus recovers Jerusalem for Rome, after four years of Jewish rule
The complete destruction of the Jewish Temple follows the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans
Agricola, appointed Roman governor of Britain in AD 77, establishes Chester as a stronghold from which to control the Welsh tribes
Titus becomes emperor on the death of his father, Vespasian, and begins a brief two-year reign of lavish public generosity
A sudden eruption of Vesuvius buries the town of Pompeii in volcanic ash, in places twelve feet deep
The Colosseum is inaugurated by the emperor Titus with games lasting 100 days, in which some 9000 large animals are killed
Dying after a reign of only two years, Titus is succeeded on the imperial throne by his brother, Domitian
Agricola defeats the tribes of Scotland at an unidentified place called Mons Graupius, probably almost as far north as Aberdeen
Tacitus begins his career with two specialized but influential works of history, one on Britain and the other on Germany
