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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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| 83 |
| | Agricola defeats the tribes of Scotland at an unidentified place called Mons Graupius, probably almost as far north as Aberdeen | |
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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 |
| | The network of Roman roads stretches eventually from England to Egypt | |
| | Roman road, Pompeii Fotofile CG
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| c. 142 |
| | The emperor Antoninus Pius gives orders for the construction of a defensive earthwork, to the north of Hadrian's Wall | |
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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. 300 |
| | The Jews of the Diaspora have by now spread through much of the Roman empire, where they are treated with tolerance | |
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| 303 |
| | The emperor Diocletian initiates a sustained persecution of Christians in the Roman empire | |
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| c. 370 |
| | The Huns, moving from the steppes north of the Black Sea, defeat the Ostrogoths and drive the Visigoths westwards - starting a chain reaction | |
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