World Highlights in history 50 ~ 100 BC

Highlights in history 50 ~ 100 BC

Europe : All Italians receive Roman citizenship 89
Sulla establishes dictatorship in Rome 82
Spartacus leads Roman slaves' revolt 73 (-71)
Triumvirate rules Rome 60
Caesar conquers Gaul 58 (-51)
Caesar lands in Britain 55
New realism in Greek sculpture c. 100
Antikythera, astronomical calculator 80
Rome's first stone theatre 55
Cherry trees brought to Rome from Asia Minor c. 79

Asia : Pompey conquers Syria; end of Seleucid Empire 64
Romans capture Jerusalem 63
Battle of Carrhae: Parthians defeat Romans 53
Silk Road brings spinach and kohirabi to China c. 100

Americas : Hopewell phase succeeds Adena in Ohio valley c. 100

Africa : Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt 51 (-30)
Bantu migration from west to central Africa c. 100
Alexandria the largest city in western hemisphere c. 100

Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, beguiles Mark Antony - but her land falls to Roman might.