Vienna, the capital of Austria, lies on the Danube at a point where trade routes crossed, and the site was settled in prehistory by Celtic people. The Romans built a military camp there, called Vindobona, as part of their frontier along the Danube, and the layout of the old city centre still reflects the shape of the camp. After the Romans left, the settlement survived through the early Middle Ages and became a ducal seat under the Babenberg dynasty. In the thirteenth century it passed to the Habsburgs, who made it the capital of their growing empire for more than six centuries. The city was twice besieged by the Ottomans, in 1529 and 1683, and it became a world centre of music and ideas.
Before and after
- c. 131 BCEHipparchus discovers the precession of the equinoxes
- from 111 BCE to 105 BCEJugurthine War
- 3 January 106 BCEBirth of Cicero
- 104 BCEEstablishment of Qumran
- 2nd century BCEOrigins of Vienna
- c. 100 BCEEruption of Okmok
- July 100 BCEBirth of Julius Caesar
- c. 90s BCEPublication of Records of the Grand Historian
- from 91 BCE to 88 BCESocial War of 91-87 BCE
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- 600 BCEFounding of Milan
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- 80 CEThe Colosseum is inaugurated
- 25 March 421 CEFounding of Venice
The era
This moment belongs to the Ancient civilizations (3,200 BCE to 500 CE), writing, cities and empires.