AETAS ANTIQUA

Ancient History

AETAS BELLI

Prolonged era of general conflict

AETAS IMPERIORUM

Consolidation of various Empires

MAGNUM BELLUM

Crossing of the Alps — Hannibal

Battle of Cannae

Thermopylae rearguard

Destruction of Carthage

Sack of Rome, Siege of Jerusalem & destruction of the Temple, Mongol destruction of Baghdad

Fall of the Western Empire

Sack of Constantinople, Fall of Constantinople

Burning of the House of Knowledge

Burning of Damascus

Siege of Leningrad

D-Day — Normandy landings

Burning of Moscow

Napoleon's retreat from Moscow

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

Final dissolution

PAX GENERALI

Era of general peace