Historical thread9 BC – AD 100

Middle East and Egypt (1st–5th c.)

The Near East between Rome and Iran from the age of Augustus to the end of the 5th century: Judaea and the birth of Christianity, the Nabataean caravan kingdom, Parthia and then Sasanian Persia, and Roman Egypt with its science and its Red Sea trade.

7 events · 1 region · Middle East and Egypt

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Aretas IV and the height of Petra9 BC – AD 40 · Middle East and Egypt
Crucifixion of Jesusbetween 30 and 33 · Middle East and Egypt
Periplus of the Erythraean Sea40s … 70s · Middle East and Egypt
Roman–Parthian War of 58–6358–63 · Middle East and Egypt
Reign of Vologases I51–78 · Middle East and Egypt
First Jewish–Roman War66 – between 73 and 74 · Middle East and Egypt
Hero of Alexandria’s aeolipilebetween 50 and 100 · Middle East and Egypt

Key participants

Roman EmpireKingdom of ArmeniaNabataean KingdomNeroParthian EmpireTiridates I of ArmeniaVologases IAretas IV PhilopatrisFlavius JosephusGnaeus Domitius CorbuloHero of AlexandriaJesus

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