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- In 27 B.C., Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus was awarded the honorific title of Augustus by a decree of the Senate. So began the Roman empire and the principate of the Julio-Claudians: Augustus (r. 27 B.C.–14 A.D.), Tiberius (r. 14–37 A.D.), Gaius Germanicus, known as Caligula (r. 37–41 A.D.), Claudius (r. 41–54 A.D.), and Nero (r. 54–68 A.D.).
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Fresh from its victories in the Second Punic War, the Roman Republic continued its expansion in the western Mediterranean, campaigning in the Iberian peninsula throughout the century and annexing the North African coast after the destruction of the city of Carthage at the end of the Third Punic War.
By the 2nd century the city of Rome had attracted freeborn migrants from all over the empire; it housed, additionally, large numbers of manumitted slaves. These newcomers were all assimilated and diluted the city’s Italian flavour.
Roman Timeline of the 2nd Century BC. Year. Event. 198 BC. Quinctius Flamininus defeats the army of King Phillip in a battle near the Aous River. 197 BC. Revolt of Turdenati in Spain. 197 BC. Second Macedonian War ends with defeat of Philip V by T. Quinctius Flamininus at Cynoscephalae.
YearEvent198 BCQuinctius Flamininus defeats the army of ...197 BCRevolt of Turdenati in Spain.197 BCSecond Macedonian War ends with defeat of ...197 BCNumber of praetors is raised to six, to ...The treaty that bound the Tarentines to Rome may have been made rather more onerous. The confiscation of territory also represented the main punitive measure against all the other allied communities which had forsaken Rome.
- Emilio Gabba
- 1989
Apr 26, 2012 · A map showing the early expansions of Rome, in the 2nd century BC.
The history of Rome includes the history of the city of Rome as well as the civilisation of ancient Rome.
When family life emerged into the full light of history in the 2nd century bc, it had changed in significant ways. A form of marriage, commonly called “ free marriage,” was becoming prevalent.
