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THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
| A.D. | |
|---|---|
| 79. | Titus succeeded Vespasian. |
| 81. | Domitian. |
| 84. | North Britain annexed. |
| 96. | Nerva began the so-called dynasty of the Antonines. |
| 98. | Trajan succeeded Nerva. |
| 102. | Pan Chau on the Caspian Sea. (Indo-Scythians invading North India.) |
| 117. | Hadrian succeeded Trajan. Roman Empire at its greatest extent. |
| 138. | Antoninus Pius succeeded Hadrian. (The Indo-Scythians at this time were destroying the last traces of Hellenic rule in India.) |
| 150. | [About this time Kanishka reigned in India, Kashgar, Yarkand, and Kotan.] |
| 161. | Marcus Aurelius succeeded Antoninus Pius. |
| 164. | Great plague began, and lasted to the death of M. Aurelius (180). This also devastated all Asia. |
| 180. | Death of Marcus Aurelius. (Nearly a century of war and disorder began in the Roman Empire.) |
| 220. | End of the Han dynasty. Beginning of four hundred years of division in China. |
| 227. | Ardashir I (first Sassanid shah) put an end to Arsacid line in Persia. |
| 242. | Mani began his teaching. |
| 247. | Goths crossed Danube in a great raid. |
| 251. | Great victory of Goths. Emperor Decius killed. |
| 260. | Sapor I, the second Sassanid shah, took Antioch, captured the Emperor Valerian, and was cut up on his return from Asia Minor by Odenathus of Palmyra. |
| 269. | The Emperor Claudius defeated the Goths at Nish. |
| 270. | Aurelian became emperor. |
| 272. | Zenobia carried captive to Rome. End of the brief glories of Palmyra. |
| 275. | Probus succeeded Aurelian. |
| 276. | Goths in Pontus. The Emperor Probus forced back Franks and Alemanni. |