Gaul

390 BCE

Senones lead the sack of Rome

283 BCE

Senones living in Italy are subjugated by Rome

123 BCE

Arelate taken by Rome

123 BCE

The Roman general Quintus Fabius Maximus begins a campaign in Nemausus

121 BCE

The Romans found the province Gallia Transalpina, including Nemausus

118 BCE

The Via Domitia is built through Nemausus

104 BCE

Canal built from Arelate to the Mediterranean

58 BCE

Julius Caesar installs Cavarinus as king of the Senones

57 BCE

Bellovaci defeated by Julius Caesar

53 BCE

Acco leads a revolt by the Senones against Roman rule and is executed by Julius Caesar

52 BCE

Senones join the revolt by Vercingetorix

52 BCE

Bellovaci provide lukewarm support to rebellion led by Vercingetorix

51 BCE

Bellovaci organize resistance against Rome

47 BCE

Vienna founded by Julius Caesar

43 BCE

Lugdunum founded by Lucius Munatius Plancus

38 BCE

Colonia Agrippinensis founded by Agrippa

28 BCE

Nemausus becomes a Roman colony

20 BCE

Monts d’Or aqueducts completed at Lugdunum

16 BCE

Augustus names Treveri as the capital of the Roman province of Belgica

15 BCE

Lugdunum becomes an imperial mint

12 BCE

Drusus commemorates an altar to his stepfather Augustus at Lugdunum

10 BCE
August 1

Claudius born to Drusus and Antonia Minor at Lugdunum.

5 BCE

Tiberius stops at Lugdunum on his way to the Rhein

14 CE

The garrisons in Colonia Agrippinensis mutiny to support Germanicus as Emperor

15 CE

Agrippina the Younger born at Colonia Agrippinensis

21 CE

Tiberius again stops at Lugdunum

39 CE

Caligula makes a lengthy stop at Lugdunum

43 CE

Claudius stops at Lugdunum on his way to Britain

47 CE

Claudius again stops at Lugdunum after his conquest of Britain

48 CE

Notable men of the three Gauls are granted the right to accede to the Senate. A plaque is erected in Lugdunum.

50 CE

Colonia Agrippinensis elevated to colony status by Claudius

70 CE

City wall constructed at Colonia Agrippinensis

80 CE

Eifel Aqueduct, one of the longest in the Roman Empire, constructed at Colonia Agrippinensis

99 CE

Amphitheater at Treveri is constructed

197 CE
February 19

Septimius Severus defeats Clodius Albinus at the Battle of Lugdunum. Clodius Albinus kills himself. Septimius Severus becomes sole Emperor, and Julia Domna becomes Empress.

260 CE

Postumus proclaimed the Gallic Emperor at Vienna

271 CE
March

Aurelian faces a Gothic invasion and defeats them at the Battle of Placentia and the Battle of Pavia. He begins fortifying the city of Rome, initiating the construction of the Aurelian Walls to protect against future invasions.

274 CE

Aurelian transfers the minting at Trier to Lugdunum

275 CE

Aurelian transfers the mint at Mediolanum to Ticinum

275 CE

Treveri destroyed by the Alamanni

314 CE

Roman baths completed at Treveri under Constantius

326 CE

Mint at Ticinum closed by Constantine the Great

408 CE

Constantine III makes Arelate his capital

452 CE

Ticinum pillaged by Attila

456 CE

Ticinum pillaged again by Odoacer

525 CE

Boethius writes “The Consolation of Philosophy” while imprisoned in Ticinum