Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus: a Chronicle / record source. Covers 30 BC – AD 358, with 80 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.
| Type | Chronicle / record |
|---|---|
| Viewpoint | Insider account |
| Years covered | 30 BC – AD 358 |
| Events | 80 events, 52 placed on the map |
| Author | Sextus Aurelius Victor |
| Original title | Liber de Caesaribus |
Regions: Southern Europe 59 · West Asia 11 · Western Europe 5 · Egypt & North Africa 4 · Eastern Europe & Russia 1
| Year | Place | Event | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 BC | Rome | At Rome, Octavian wins soldiers with gifts and, under the pretext of the grain supply, suppresses his remaining rivals; the system of obedience to one man begins. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 1.1 |
| AD 14 | Nola | After a reign of about 44 years, Augustus dies of illness at Nola. Raetia and Illyricum are added to the empire, but Germania is not pacified. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 1.2 |
| AD 43 | Ostia | Claudius attacks the western edge of Britain, the only place he went to in person, sailing from Ostia; the rest he left to his generals. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 4.2 |
| AD 48 | Rome | In Claudius's sixth year, the 800th anniversary of Rome's founding is grandly celebrated, a phoenix appears in Egypt, and a large island rises in the Aegean Sea. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 4.14 |
| AD 68 | 불명 | When Galba arrives with his army, Nero, abandoned by all and keeping only a eunuch attendant, stabs himself to death, and the house of the Caesars ends. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 5.16 |
| AD 69 | Rome | Galba, going out to calm the army, is killed beside the Lacus Curtius at Otho's instigation (reign of seven months and seven days). | Aur. Vict. Caes. 6.3 |
| AD 69 | Verona | Otho, defeated by Vitellius at the battle of Verona, kills himself after a reign of 85 days. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 7.2 |
| AD 69 | Rome | Vitellius, defeated at Cremona, believes he has been deceived and in his rage burns the Capitol. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 8.5 |
| AD 75 – 80 | Rome | In Rome, Vespasian builds or completes the Capitol, the Temple of Peace, the monument of Claudius, a huge amphitheater, and the forum. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 9.7 |
| AD 83 – 89 | 다키아·게르마니아 | Domitian defeats the Dacian and Chattian hordes and renames the months of September and October after Germanicus and himself. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 11.4 |
| AD 96 | Rome | Domitian dies at age 45 through a conspiracy of freedmen in which his wife also took part. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 11.7 |
| AD 97 | Rome | Nerva dedicates the forum called the "Pervium" (where the temple of Minerva rises) and resigns of his own accord after sixteen months. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 12.2 |
| AD 101 – 106 | 다키아 | Trajan is the first to cross the Danube and make Decebalus's Dacia a province, extending Rome's power. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 13.3 |
| AD 114 – 117 | 인더스·유프라테스 사이 | Trajan shakes all the peoples between the Indus and the Euphrates with war and demands hostages from the Persian king Chosroes. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 13.3 |
| AD 135 | Rome | Hadrian founds a school of liberal learning at Rome called the Athenaeum and introduces the Eleusinian mysteries in the Athenian manner. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 14.3 |
| AD 138 | Baiae | Hadrian declines and dies at Baiae, and the Senate at first refuses to deify him. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 14.12 |
| AD 148 | Rome | Under Antoninus Pius, the 900th anniversary of Rome's founding is celebrated magnificently. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 15.4 |
| AD 165 – 166 | 동방(페르시아) | Under the command of Lucius, who ruled jointly with Marcus, Persia first wins but finally yields to the triumph. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 16.4 |
| AD 180 | Vindobona | When Marcus dies at Vindobona after a reign of 18 years, the Senate and people decree temples, a column and a priest for him. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 16.14 |
| AD 192 | Rome | When an attempt to poison Commodus fails, he is strangled by a masseur in the gymnasium, and the Senate has his name erased. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 17.9 |
| AD 193 | 밀비우스 다리 | Severus, in Syria, is raised to emperor and strikes Julianus at the Milvian Bridge near Rome. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 19.4 |
| AD 194 | Cyzicus | Severus defeats Pescennius Niger, who revolted in Egypt, at Cyzicus and has him put to death. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.8 |
| AD 197 | Lugdunum | Clodius Albinus, who aimed at the throne in Gaul, is defeated and killed at Lugdunum. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.9 |
| AD 208 – 211 | 브리타니아 | Severus drives back the enemy in Britain and builds a wall across the island from sea to sea. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.18 |
| AD 211 | Eboracum | Severus dies of illness at Eboracum in Britain (reign of 18 years). | Aur. Vict. Caes. 20.27 |
| AD 217 | Edessa | Caracalla dies beside Edessa, on a tour of Syria, after a reign of six years. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 21.5 |
| AD 222 | Rome | Elagabalus is killed in the camp (praetorian barracks) after a reign of thirty months. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 23.3 |
| AD 232 | 페르시아 | The young Alexander, with great preparations, attacks the Persian king Xerxes and then hurries to Gaul. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.2 |
| AD 235 | 시킬리아(브리타니아의 마을이라 함) | Alexander is killed, with a few companions, in "a village called Sicily in Britain" by soldiers who resented his strict discipline. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 24.4 |
| AD 238 | Thysdrus | Gordian, governor of Africa, is made emperor in his absence by the army at Thysdrus (Thydrus). | Aur. Vict. Caes. 26.1 |
| AD 238 | Aquileia | Pupienus breaks the forces of Maximinus's house by the siege of Aquileia. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 27.4 |
| AD 242 | 페르시아 | Gordian opens the temple of Janus that Marcus had closed and sets out for Persia. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 27.7 |
| AD 248 | Rome | Philip and his son celebrate the thousandth anniversary of Rome's founding with every kind of games. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 28.1 |
| AD 249 | Verona | Philip marches against Decius, loses his army and dies at Verona. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 28.10 |
| AD 253 | Interamna | Gallus and Volusianus, marching against Aemilius, are killed by their own army at Interamna. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 31.2 |
| AD 260 | 메소포타미아 | In the prolonged war in Mesopotamia, Valerian falls into the trap of the Persian king Shapur and dies miserably. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 32.5 |
| AD 260 | Mursa | Gallienus defeats Ingebus (Ingenuus), who was holding Pannonia, at Mursia, and then strikes Regalianus. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 33.2 |
| AD 260 – 265 | Tarraco | The Franks plunder Gaul and enter Spain, nearly destroying the city of Tarraco, and some even reach Africa by ship. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 33.3 |
| AD 268 | Milan | Gallienus, attacking Milan, where Aureolus is shut in, with every kind of siege engine, is killed by his own men. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 33.19 |
| AD 269 | Mogontiacum | In Laelianus's revolt, Postumus is killed for refusing the soldiers' demand to let them plunder the citizens of Mogontiacum. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 33.8 |
| AD 269 | 일리리쿰·트라키아 | When Claudius tries to expel the Goths, grown strong from their long stay, the Sibylline Books declare that the foremost man of the Senate must be offered up for victory. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 34.3 |
| AD 271 | Cologne | Victorinus is killed at Agrippina in a riot. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 33.12 |
| AD 271 | Rome | In Rome, the mint workers under Felicissimus revolt out of fear after counterfeiting, and in the fighting on the Caelian Hill nearly 7,000 soldiers are lost. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 35.6 |
| AD 274 | Rome | Aurelian builds a temple of the Sun in Rome and adorns it with gifts, and surrounds the city with a strong wall of wide circuit. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 35.7 |
| AD 275 | Caenophrurium | Tribunes who felt their lives threatened by a trick of the secretary kill Aurelian at Caenophrurium. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 35.8 |
| AD 276 | Tyana | Tacitus dies at Tanais on the 200th day of his reign. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 36.2 |
| AD 276 | Tarsus | Florianus is killed by his own soldiers at Tarsus. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 37.1 |
| AD 282 | Sirmium | Probus is killed by soldiers who resented being forced to drain the marshes of Sirmium. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 37.4 |
| AD 283 | Ctesiphon | Carus attacks and defeats Persia but, going too far beyond Ctesiphon, is struck and burned by lightning. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 38.3 |
| AD 284 | 페르시아에서 돌아오는 군영 | When the stench of Numerian's body exposes the plot, the generals and tribunes choose Diocletian, commander of the guard, as emperor. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.1 |
| AD 285 | Margum | Carinus, fighting Diocletian in Moesia beside the River Marcus, is killed by his own soldier. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.11 |
| AD 285 – 286 | 갈리아 | When peasants and brigands (Bagaudae) in Gaul plunder the fields and menace the cities, Diocletian sends Maximian, and Herculius soon pacifies them. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.17 |
| AD 286 | 브리타니아 | Carausius, afraid of being executed by Maximian, puts on the purple and seizes Britain. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.21 |
| AD 293 | 제국 전체 | Constantius and Galerius (Armentarius) become Caesars, marry Herculius's stepdaughter and Diocletian's daughter, and divorce their former wives. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.24 |
| AD 296 | Alexandria | In Alexandria in Egypt, Achilleus rises, taking the imperial insignia. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.23 |
| AD 296 | 브리타니아 | Constantius sends the praetorian prefect Asclepiodotus ahead with the fleet and part of the legions and defeats Allectus. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.42 |
| AD 305 | 불명 | In the 20th year of his reign Diocletian lays down the government, and Herculius, whom he had to persuade with difficulty, follows. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 39.48 |
| AD 305 | 브리타니아 | Constantine escapes from Galerius's custody, killing the post horses to prevent pursuit, and reaches Britain. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.2 |
| AD 306 | 브리타니아 | His father Constantius happens to die there, and Constantine takes the throne with the support of all who were present. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.4 |
| AD 306 | Rome | In Rome, the plebs and the praetorians confirm Maxentius as emperor despite his father Herculius's long opposition. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.5 |
| AD 307 | Ravenna | Severus, going around the walls of Rome, is abandoned by his men, who have gone over to Maxentius, flees, is besieged at Ravenna and dies. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.7 |
| AD 308 | 불명 | Galerius makes his old friend Licinius Augustus, entrusting him with the defense of Illyricum and Thrace, and goes to Rome. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.8 |
| AD 310 | Carthage | After defeating Alexander, Maxentius has the fair places of Carthage and Africa plundered and burned. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.19 |
| AD 311 | Pelso | Galerius clears forests in Pannonia and drains Lake Pelso into the Danube to make fields, naming the province Valeria after his wife, and soon dies of illness. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.9 |
| AD 312 | Verona | War spreads in Italy and his men are beaten at Verona, yet Maxentius carries on as usual. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.20 |
| AD 312 | SaxaRubra | Maxentius barely gets out to Saxa Rubra, nine miles from Rome, is defeated and flees to Rome, where on the Tiber bridge he is caught in a trap he himself had set and dies. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.23 |
| AD 313 | Cirta | Cirta, ruined by the siege of Alexander, is rebuilt and adorned, and given the name Constantina. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 40.28 |
| AD 313 | Tarsus | Maximinus in the East is Augustus for two years, is defeated by Licinius and dies at Tarsus. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 41.1 |
| AD 324 | Chalcedon | Licinius, defeated in Thrace, withdraws to Chalcedon and makes Martinianus co-emperor, but both are overpowered together. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 41.8 |
| AD 334 | Cyprus | Calocerus, chief of the camel herders, absurdly seizes the island of Cyprus and tries to become king, but is tortured to death like a slave or brigand. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 41.11 |
| AD 337 | Nicomedia | Constantine dies at age 62 in a country place near Nicomedia (Achyrona) while on his way to Persia. A comet was seen. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 41.16 |
| AD 337 | Constantinople | Constantine's body is carried to the city that bears his name, and the Roman people mourn deeply. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 41.17 |
| AD 348 | Rome | The 1,100th year, in the author's time, passes without any observance (the year of Philip's consulship). | Aur. Vict. Caes. 28.2 |
| AD 350 | 불명 | Constans dies through the plot of Magnentius (in the tenth year after his victory). | Aur. Vict. Caes. 41.23 |
| AD 350 | 상모이시아 | Vetranio, an illiterate man who was an infantry commander in Illyricum, seizes the throne in a humble place in Upper Moesia. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 41.26 |
| AD 350 | Rome | In Rome, Nepotianus, connected to the Flavian house, kills the city prefect and, with a band of gladiators, styles himself emperor, filling streets and temples with corpses. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.6 |
| AD 353 | 갈리아 | After three years of hard fighting, Constantius chases the fleeing Magnentius as far as Gaul, and both men choose death. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.10 |
| AD 355 | 갈리아 | Silvanus, from Gaul, rises to the throne and is killed after 28 days in a riot by the legions he trusted. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.16 |
| AD 355 | 갈리아 | When Constantius makes his kinsman Julian Caesar and puts him in charge beyond the Alps, he subdues the barbarians in a short time and takes famous kings prisoner. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.17 |
| AD 358 | 사르마티아 | Constantius sets up a king for the Sarmatians. | Aur. Vict. Caes. 42.21 |
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