Here is a general synopsis intending to show you some of the major events happening in our time period. In 69 AD, Vespasian became the Emperor. We'll start our roleplay there. Otherwise, give me your opinon. After all, Dynasty is our group. BTW, I'm going to start with Nero's reign in my chronology. A major portion of Vespasian's life had its roots there.

54 AD After the death of Claudius, Agrippina engineers the sucession of Nero and the death of Claudius' Son, Britannicus.

54-59 AD Years of stability under the the influence of the Stoic Seneca.

60 AD Nero's murder of his mother Agrippina is followed by his growing instability.

62 AD Humiliations of the Romans by the Parthians. Roma forced to accept a Parthian nominee as ruler of Armenia, the buffer state between the two Empires.

64 AD A major fire in Roma is blamed on the Christian community. Nero builds his Golden House among the ruins.

65 AD Seneca commits suicide.

65-100 AD Compositions of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles.

66 AD The Senator Petronius, author of the Satyricon, commits suicide.

66-74 AD Major revolt in Judaea is suppressed with great brutality.

67 AD Nero tours Greece. He orders his star Commander, Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, to commit suicide. It leaves his Daughter Domitia Longina without any parents. She becomes the Wife of the Emperor Domitian.

68 AD Revolt against Nero breaks out in Gallia. Nero commits suicide.

69 AD The year of the four Emperors, Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian. Vespasian eventually wins control of the Empire and reigns until 79.

70 AD Titus, the oldest Son of Vespasian, sacks the Temple of Jerusalem and brings many of its treasures to Roma. Titus' Arch in Roma celebrates his victory. Revolt of Julius Civilis and establishment of a short lived Gallic Empire.

78-86 AD Major campaigns by Agricola in Britannia.

79-81 AD Reign of Titus.

79 AD Eruption of Vesuvius destroys Pompeii and Herculaneum. The encyclopaedist Pliny the Elder, author of the Natural History dies in the eruption.

80-81 AD The Colosseum is inaugurated. Please note that Vespasian commissioned this project and gave it to his Son, Domitian, to oversee. There are differing opinions as to when it was inaugurated. Some historians believe it was before Titus' death, whereas others, including myself, believe that it happened during Domitian's reign.

81-96 AD Reign of Domitian. Domitian builds the Domus Augustana for himself and future Emperors on Mons Palatinus.

80s AD The consolidation of the Rhine Danube frontier with the formation of the provinces of Upper and Lower Germany and more effective fortifications. Domitian invades Dacia and reduces the Dacian King Decabalus to the status of Client.

85 AD The Jewish Christian Church in Jerusalem is in decline. The future of Christianity lies with the Greek speaking Gentile communities.

86-98 AD The Epigrams of Martial.

96 AD Domitian is assassinated in Roma. The Senators move their own nominee, Nerva, into his place.

98 AD Trajan succeeds as Emperor on the death of Nerva. The more relaxed part of his reign allows the historians Tacitus and Suetonius to write their histories of the First Century. The letter of Pliny the Younger cover events from 97 to 113. Plutarch's Lives also date from these years.