León
City · 29 BCE · in Europe
Capital of Kingdom of Galicia (911–1111), Kingdom of León (911–1235).
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- Julius Caesar (100 BCE – 44 BCE): Roman general and statesman who conquered Gaul, won a civil war and became dictator; his assassination led to the end of the Republic.
- Augustus (63 BCE – 14 CE): First Roman emperor, who ended the civil wars and ushered in the Pax Romana, a long period of relative peace.
- Beginning of the Roman Empire (27 BCE): The Senate granted Octavian the title Augustus, conventionally marking the start of the Roman Empire, which came to rule the whole Mediterranean.
- La Tène culture (c. 450–50 BCE): Iron Age Celtic culture named after a site on Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland, known for its flowing curvilinear art; it spread across much of Europe.
- Caesar’s Gallic Wars (58–50 BCE): Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in a series of campaigns, bridged the Rhine, twice crossed to Britain, and crushed the revolt of Vercingetorix at Alesia in 52 BCE.
- Battle of the Teutoburg Forest (9 CE): Germanic tribes led by Arminius destroyed three Roman legions under Varus, halting Roman expansion east of the Rhine.
- Etruscan civilization (c. 900–27 BCE): Civilization of ancient Etruria in central Italy, organised in city-states, which strongly influenced early Rome before being absorbed by it.
- Cicero (106 BCE – 43 BCE): Roman statesman, lawyer and orator whose speeches, letters and philosophical works became models of Latin prose.
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