| date | Israel | Rome | Christian |
| 1950 | Abraham leaves Ur for Canaan. | ||
| 1600 | Hebrews move to Egypt | ||
| 1570-1280 | Hebrews enslaved in Egypt | ||
| 1280 | Moses leads the Hebrews out of Egypt | ||
| 1280-1250 | Hebrews wander in the Wilderness | ||
| 1250 | Joshua begins conquests Canaan | ||
| 1250-1200 | Hebrews conquer Canaan | ||
| 1200-1020 | Rule of the judges | ||
| 1020-1000 | Saul becomes king of the Hebrew tribes | ||
| 1000-961 | Reign of David | ||
| 961-922 | Reign of Solomon | ||
| 925 | Egypt invades Palestine | ||
| 922 | Kingdom of Israel is divided into the kingdoms of Israel and Judah | ||
| 722 | Assyria conquers Israel | ||
| 586 | Babylon conquers Judah | ||
| 586-539 | Babylonian Captivity | ||
| 539 | Exiles return from Babylon | ||
| 516 | Dedication of second temple | ||
| 509 | Etrucian king expelled. Republic of Rome founded. | ||
| 390 | Rome sacked by the Gauls | ||
| 390-290 | Rome rebuilds, reorganized its army, expands reach into Italian peninsula | ||
| 332 | Conquest of Jerusalem by Alexander the Great | ||
| 250 | The Septuagint is published | ||
| 168 | Maccabean Revolt | ||
| 63 | Roman conquest of Jerusalem | ||
| 60-49 | 1st Triumvirate – Julius Caesar, Pompey, Crassus | ||
| 45 | Julius Caesar defeats Pompey, becomes dictator | ||
| 44 | Julius Caesar assassinated | ||
| 43-36 | 2nd Triumvirate – Marc Anthony, Lepidus, Augustus | ||
| 37-4 | Reign of Herod the Great | ||
| 31 | Augustus defeats armies of Anthony and Cleapatra | ||
| 4-6 | Jesus was born in Bethlahem | ||
| 4 | Herod the Great died (13 March?) | ||
| 14 | Ceasar Augustus dies, Tiberius becomes emperor of Rome (19 Aug?) | ||
| 19/20 | Herod rebuilds temple in Jerusalem | ||
| 27-30 | Period of Jesus’ ministry | ||
| 29 | John the Baptist was beheaded | ||
| 30 | Jesus Christ was crucified | ||
| 54 | Claudius Ceasar poisoned, Nero become emperor of Rome | ||
| 64 | Rome burns, Nero accuses Christians of setting the fires (9 July?) | ||
| 66 | Jews revolt against Rome | ||
| 66-73 | Jewish rebellions against Romans | ||
| 68 | Paul beheaded on orders from Nero | ||
| 68 | Nero stabs himself in the neck, committing suicide (9 June?). Servius Sulpicius Galba becomes emperor of Rome. | ||
| 69 | Otho becomes emperor of Rome | ||
| 69 | Otho dies. Vitellius becomes emperor of Rome | ||
| 69 | Vespasian becomes emperor of Rome | ||
| 70 | (8 Sept) Jerusalem falls, the Temple there is destroyed | ||
| 73 | Masada falls | ||