War & RuptureThe 1st century BCE

War & Rupture in the 1st century BCE

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged war and rupture — wars, invasions, conquests, battles and armed conflict, narrowed to the 1st century BCE — 7 of them, drawn from 7 nations, running from 65 BCE to 28 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
7
Nations
7
Earliest
65 BCE
Latest
28 BCE
Europe
4
Asia
3

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. 65 BCEAsia

    Georgia

    Pompey campaigns in the Caucasus

    The Roman general Pompey campaigned in Colchis and Iberia, drawing the Georgian lands into the long contest between Rome and the Iranian empires over the Caucasus.

    Era: Colchis, Iberia and the Land of the Golden Fleece

    Sources: History of Georgia · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Colchis (ancient region) · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. 64 BCEAsia

    Syria

    Pompey annexes Syria to Rome

    The Roman general Pompey ends Seleucid rule and makes Syria a Roman province; its cities prosper and Syria becomes an early heartland of Christianity, with Paul converted on the road to Damascus.

    Era: Aramaeans, Rome and the Glory of Palmyra

    Sources: Syria — history · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Damascus — History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  3. 63 BCEAsia

    Palestine

    Roman conquest

    The Roman general Pompey took Jerusalem, bringing the region under Roman authority as the province of Judaea.

    Era: Roman, Byzantine, and the Name "Palaestina"

    Sources: Palestine - region, history · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  4. 57 BCEEurope

    Netherlands

    Caesar campaigns in the Low Countries

    Julius Caesar's wars in Gaul bring Roman power to the peoples of the Rhine and Meuse delta, opening the region to Roman influence.

    Era: The Low Countries: Romans, Frisians and Medieval Counties

    Sources: Netherlands · Encyclopaedia Britannica, The Netherlands in Roman Times · Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities)

  5. 52 BCEEurope

    France

    Siege of Alesia

    Caesar defeats Vercingetorix, completing the Roman conquest of Gaul.

    Era: Gaul & Rome

    Sources: Battle of Alesia · Encyclopædia Britannica, Vercingetorix · Encyclopædia Britannica

  6. c. 50 BCEEurope

    Monaco

    Caesar uses the port

    Julius Caesar is recorded as having used the harbour of Monoeci around 50 BCE, a measure of its importance as a Roman anchorage on the Ligurian coast.

    Era: Monoikos: The Harbour of Hercules

    Sources: A port during Greek then Roman antiquity · Government of Monaco (gouv.mc)

  7. 1st c. BCEEurope

    Kosovo

    Rome annexes Dardania

    The kingdom of the Dardani in the central Balkans was absorbed by Rome and incorporated into the province of Moesia, with towns such as Ulpiana, Scupi and Naissus as regional centres.

    Era: Ancient Dardania, Rome and Byzantium

    Sources: History of Kosovo (ancient Dardania to the medieval period) · Encyclopaedia Britannica