DATES

Republic

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451-450 Twelve Tables

367 Institution of (Urban) Praetorship

c.

Principate

v.*] Augustus regularizes his power

A.D.

14 Death of Augustus

117-138 Reign of Hadrian

c. 130 Consolidation of Edict

138-161 Reign of Antoninus Pius

?c. 161 Institutes of Gaius

161-169 Reign of Μ. Aurelius and L. Verus

169-180 Reign of Μ. Aurelius alone

193-211 Reign of Septimius Severus

211-217 Reign of Caracalla (Antoninus)

c. 212 Constitutio Antoniniana

Dominate

284-305 Reign of Diocletian

306-337 Reign of Constantine the Great

313 Toleration of Christianity

330                        Transfer of capital to Constantinople

395                        Final division of Empire

426 Law of Citations

438 Codex Theodosianus

476 End of Western Empire

527-565 Reign of Justinian