Conclusion of the Dacian War; conquest of Petra and Nabatean kingdom
109 CE
Adamclisi victory monument built
112 CE
Forum of Trajan inaugurated
113 CE
Column of Trajan dedicated
114 CE
Parthian war begun; Arch of Trajan, Beneventum
117–138 CE
Hadrian as emperor
118 CE
Villa of Hadrian begun
120 CE
Hadrian’s Wall begun
126 CE
Pantheon completed
130 CE
Hadrianic roundels
138–161 CE
Antoninus Pius as emperor
140 CE
Baths of the Seven Sages, Ostia
147 CE
Faustina the Younger portrait bust
160 CE
Hercules sarcophagus
161–180 CE
Marcus Aurelius as emperor
161–169 CE
Lucius Verus co‐emperor with Marcus Aurelius
161–166 CE
Parthian War
161 CE
Column of Antoninus Pius
165 CE
Plague sweeps Rome; Alcestis sarcophagus
176 CE
Arch of Marcus Aurelius begun
180–192 CE
Commodus as emperor; Portonaccio sarcophagus
192 CE
Column of Marcus Aurelius completed; Commodus bust; Commodus appears in the Colosseum as Hercules
193 CE
Civil War and Year of the Six Emperors
193–211 CE
Septimius Severus as emperor
193 CE
Julia Domna portrait from Gabii
197 CE
Invasion of the Parthian Empire
200 CE
Painted portrait of Severan family
203 CE
Severan family’s triumphal entrance into Lepcis Magna; Arch of Septimius Severus dedicated in Rome; Forma Urbis Romae begun; Julia Domna portrait from Ostia
204 CE
Celebration of the 950th anniversary of Rome; Arch of the Argentarii erected
211–217 CE
Caracalla as emperor
216 CE
Baths of Caracalla dedicated; Farnese Bull and Farnese Hercules sculptures
218–222 CE
Elagabalus as emperor
222–235 CE
Alexander Severus as emperor
c. 225 CE
Achilles and Penthesilia sarcophagus
238 CE
Acilia sarcophagus
244–249 CE
Philip the Arab as emperor; portrait bust of Philip the Arab; Synagogue at Dura Europus
249–251 CE
Decius as emperor; portrait of Decius
250 CE
Mattei Lion Hunt sarcophagus
253–260 CE
Valerian as emperor
260 CE
Relief of Emperor Valerian kneeling before Shapur I
260–270 CE
Good Shepherd sarcophagus
270–275 CE
Aurelian wall built around Rome
284–305 CE
Tetrarchy founded with Diocletian and Maximian as joint rulers
298–303 CE
Arch of Galerius, Thessaloniki
c. 300 CE
Tetrarchs porphyry statue group; Villa of Piazza Armerina built
