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Landmark Europe wonder World Heritage

Colosseum

80 CE – still standing

Iconic Roman amphitheater that hosted gladiatorial contests

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Colosseum on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1 BCE)
  2. Roman Empire (100 CE–200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Rome (Maximian) (300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Western Roman Empire (400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Ostrogoths (500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Eastern Roman Empire (600 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Papal States (800 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Carolingian Empire (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Holy Roman Empire (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Papal States (1100 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Italy (1880 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  12. Kingdom of Italy (1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  13. Italy (1920 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
Border precision
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  • Approximate

Elsewhere in Europe at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Europe

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE

Polity · Europe

Ottoman Empire

1299 CE – 1922 CE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War I

1914 CE – 1918 CE

Landmark · Europe

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

435 BCE – 426 CE

Polity · Europe

Holy Roman Empire

962 CE – 1806 CE

Trade route · Europe

Roman Mediterranean Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Conflict · Europe

World War II

1939 CE – 1945 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 80 CE and 2026 CE.

96 CE Djemila 100 CE Timgad 101 CE Dacian Wars (Trajan) 122 CE Hadrian's Wall 125 CE Pantheon

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Mesoamerican Trade Network Trade route · Americas 1200 BCE – 1521 CE Sengoku Period (Japanese Warring States) Conflict · East Asia 1467 CE – 1615 CE Yochanan ben Zakkai Figure · Jerusalem / Yavne 30 BCE – 90 CE Machu Picchu Landmark · Americas 1450 CE – still standing
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