Four tracks, one story

Timeline

Each lesson sits in its main track. Dots in the other lanes show where it also belongs. Dashed boxes mark units still to come. Quill rows mark historians and other writers, placed when they were writing.

The Kingdom753 BC – 509 BC

753 BCThe Founding of Rome — Romulus & RemusPlaceholder: the first lesson. Rome's founding legend, and what archaeology says about it.

The Republic509 BC – 27 BC

509–287 BCComing soon · Unit 2The Founding of the Republic

264–146 BCComing soon · Unit 3Hannibal & the Punic Wars

fl. c. 225–200 BCFabius PictorHistorianHistory of Rome (in Greek)

239–169 BCEnniusPoetAnnales

c. 200–118 BCPolybiusHistorianHistories

133–27 BCComing soon · Unit 4The Fall of the Republic

106–43 BCCiceroStatesmanOn the Republic (De re publica)

The Principate27 BC – AD 284

63 BC – AD 33Coming soon · Unit 5Augustus & the Time of Jesus

c. 59 BC – AD 17LivyHistorianAb Urbe Condita, Book 1; Ab Urbe Condita, Books 2–45

70–19 BCVirgilPoetAeneid

c. 60–7 BCDionysius of HalicarnassusHistorianRoman Antiquities

AD 64–311Coming soon · Unit 6The Persecutions

AD 66–73Coming soon · Unit 7The Destruction of Jerusalem

c. AD 46–120PlutarchBiographerParallel Lives (Romulus, Numa)

The Late EmpireAD 284 – AD 476

AD 272–337Constantine the GreatThe emperor who ended the persecution of Christians, called the first ecumenical council, and gave the Church its first monumental buildings.

AD 312Battle of the Milvian BridgeConstantine defeated Maxentius after a reported divine sign, and Christianity's path to imperial favor began.

AD 313The "Edict" of MilanAn agreement between Constantine and Licinius that granted religious freedom to all and returned confiscated property to Christians.

c. AD 250–325LactantiusWriterOn the Deaths of the Persecutors

c. AD 260–339Eusebius of CaesareaBishopChurch History; Life of Constantine

AD 378–476Coming soon · Unit 9The Fall of the West & St. Augustine

AD 354–430St. Augustine of HippoBishopCity of God

c. AD 400–461Pope St. Leo the GreatPopeSermon 82, on the Feast of Peter and Paul

Byzantium & the Early Medieval WestAD 476 – AD 800

AD 527–565Coming soon · Unit 10Justinian & Byzantium

AD 529–604Coming soon · Unit 11Benedict, Gregory & the Monasteries

The Holy Roman Empire & Medieval ChurchAD 800 – 1453

AD 768–814Coming soon · Unit 12Charlemagne & the Holy Roman Empire

1054Coming soon · Unit 13The Great Schism

1095–1291Coming soon · Unit 14The Crusades

1140–1274Coming soon · Unit 15Cathedrals & Aquinas

Renaissance, Reformation & Baroque1453 – 1806

1453Coming soon · Unit 16The Fall of Constantinople

1506–1626Coming soon · Unit 17Renaissance Rome & the New St. Peter's

1517–1555Coming soon · Unit 18The Reformation

1545–1650Coming soon · Unit 19Trent & the Catholic Reformation

1776–1800Coming soon · Unit 20Rome & the American Founding

The Modern Church & Neoclassical West1806 – today

1806–1870Coming soon · Unit 21The End of the Holy Roman Empire & the Papal States

1929–1965Coming soon · Unit 22Vatican City & Vatican II