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321 BCE
The Via Appia, a famous Roman road, is constructed.
312 BCE
Rome's first aqueduct constructed, the 16 km long Aqua Appia.
219 BCE
The physician Archagathus of Sparta arrives in Rome.
c. 159 BCE
First water-clock set up in Rome.
c. 25 BCE - c. 50 CE
Life of the Roman physician Aulus Cornelius Celsus.
c. 20 BCE
Military engineer and architect Vitruvius publishes his "De Architectura".
c. 20 BCE
The Campus Martius baths in Rome are constructed and donated to the people by Agrippa.
41 CE
Roman emperor Claudius builds a 6 km tunnel to drain the Fucine Lake.
c. 50 CE
The largest Roman aqueduct, 49 m high, completed at Pont du Gard.
c. 65 CE
The Circus Maximus in Rome is rebuilt and its capacity increased to 250,000.
81 CE - 96 CE
Construction is finally completed on the Colosseum of Rome in the reign of Domitian.
122 CE
Construction begins on Hadrian's Wall.
c. 125 CE
The Pantheon is completed in Rome.
129 CE - c. 216 CE
Life of the physician Galen of Pergamon.
c. 235 CE
The Baths of Caracalla in Rome are completed.