Timeline of Cagliari
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.
Prior to 18th century
2nd. half of the 4th millennium BCE - The territory of Cagliari is inhabited by people of the so-called neolithic civilization of Ozieri. Some Domus de Janas were dug in Mount Saint Elias
2nd. half of the 3rd millennium BCE - The territory of Cagliari is the core of the Chalcolithic civilization of Monte Claro
8th C. BCE - Caralis founded by Phoenicians from Tyre, Lebanon.
510 BCE - Caralis occupied by the Cartaginians
238 BCE - Caralis occupied by the Romans
Early 1st C. CE - Granting of the title of Municipium
2nd C. CE - Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari built.
5th C. CE - Roman Catholic diocese of Cagliari established (approximate date).
5th C. CE - Basilica of San Saturnino built.
485 - Vandals in power in Sardinia.(it)
533 - Sardinia taken by forces of Justinian I.
10th C. - The title of imperial Protospatharios is granted to the Iudex Sardiniae Turcoturios (Tουρκοτούριος), resident in Caralis, by the Byzantine emperors.
1020 - Giudicato of Cagliari established.
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