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Landmark Europe archaeological

Roman Forum

500 BCE – 608 CE · 1,108 years

Civic heart of ancient Rome, with ruins of temples, basilicas, and triumphal arches spanning a thousand years of history

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Roman Forum 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–700 BCE)
  2. Rome (500 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  3. Roman Republic (400 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  4. Rome (323 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  5. Roman Republic (300 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  6. Rome (200 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  7. Roman Republic (100 BCE) Border precision: Approximate
  8. Roman Empire (1 BCE–200 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  9. Rome (Maximian) (300 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  10. Western Roman Empire (400 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  11. Ostrogoths (500 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  12. Eastern Roman Empire (600 CE–700 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  13. Papal States (800 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  14. Carolingian Empire (900 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  15. Holy Roman Empire (1000 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  16. Papal States (1100 CE–1815 CE) Border precision: Approximate
  17. Italy (1880 CE–1900 CE) Border precision: Defined
  18. Kingdom of Italy (1914 CE) Border precision: Defined
  19. Italy (1920 CE–2026 CE) Border precision: Defined
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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

Colosseum

80 CE – still standing

Polity · Europe

Byzantine Empire

395 CE – 1453 CE

Trade route · Europe

Amber Road

1000 BCE – 400 CE

Conflict · Europe

Greco-Persian Wars

499 BCE – 449 BCE

Landmark · Europe

Temple of Artemis at Ephesus

550 BCE – 262 CE

Polity · Europe

Greek city-states

Attested 1500 BCE – 300 BCE

Trade route · Europe

Roman Mediterranean Trade

27 BCE – 476 CE

Conflict · Europe

Conquests of Alexander the Great

334 BCE – 323 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 500 BCE and 608 CE.

499 BCE Greco-Persian Wars 499 BCE Ionian Revolt 490 BCE Battle of Marathon 480 BCE Sicilian Wars 480 BCE Battle of Thermopylae

And in the rest of the world

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

Petra Landmark · Middle East 300 BCE – still standing Meroe Polity · Middle East 500 BCE – 400 CE Nile River Trade Trade route · Middle East 3000 BCE – 30 BCE Warring States Period Conflict · East Asia 475 BCE – 221 BCE Buddha Figure · Northern India / Nepal 563 BCE – 483 BCE Chichen Itza Landmark · Americas 600 CE – still standing
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