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Allen Roman History

By Carlie Allen
  • 509 BCE

    Rome becomes a republic

    Rome becomes a republic
    The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government.
  • 312 BCE

    Aqueducts

    Aqueducts
    To bring water to their cities, the clever Romans built aqueducts – a system of channels and bridges – to transport water for public baths and toilets!
  • 45 BCE

    Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome

    Julius Caesar defeats Pompey in a civil war. He becomes the supreme ruler of Rome. This is the end of the Roman Republic. He hires Sosigenes, an Egyptian astronomer, to work out a new 12 month calendar.
  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar is assassinated

    Julius Caesar is assassinated
    Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus. They hope to bring back the republic, but civil war breaks out instead.
  • 43 BCE

    Cicero is killed

    Cicero is killed
    Cicero, a Roman Senator and philosopher, is murdered by Mark Antony.
  • 27 BCE

    Roman Empire begins

    Roman Empire begins
    Octavius appoints himself "Augustus", which means the first emperor.
  • 27 BCE

    Pax Romana Begins

    Pax Romana Begins
    Pax Romana or “Roman Peace”: a period of law and stability enforced by the Roman army and Roman law
  • Period: 27 BCE to 180

    Pax Romana Ends

    When the pax romana ended the barbarians, vandals, huns and goths sacked the empire in the 4th century. And people went back to fighting and wars
  • 26 BCE

    Tunics

    Tunics
    Tunics are two pieces of woollen fabric sewn together at the sides and shoulders, with openings for your arms and head they were the most common clothes in Rome. Some Romans also wore togas – a kind of woollen shawl – to show how wealthy they were.
  • 64

    A great Fire .

    A great Fire .
    A great Fire destroys much of Rome. Nero accuses Christians of starting the fire.
  • 80

    Roman Colosseum is built.

    Roman Colosseum is built.
    The Colesseum was origiannaly called The Flavian Amphitheatre but it grew from the custom of wealthy Romans holding funeral games to honor the dead. Eventually the Gladiatorial Games were seen as a method to please the Roman gods and goddesses and avert Rome from disaster. So they changed the name and its use.
  • 126

    Roman Pantheon is built

    Roman Pantheon is built
    It is a Roman temple dedicated to all the gods of pagan Rome.
  • 177

    Roman Empire is at its greatest extent

    Roman Empire is at its greatest extent
    The Roman Empire reached its greatest extent under Trajan, the second in this line. A period of increasing trouble and decline began with the reign of Commodus.
  • 212

    All free men living in the Roman Empire are declared citizens

  • 313

    Emperor Constantine makes Christianity legal

    Emperor Constantine makes Christianity legal
    Constantine was christian and he wanted veryone who was to not have to pretend they were not.
  • 330

    Constanttine moved and renamed the capital

    Byzantium is renamed Constantinople (Istanbul today) and established as the center of the Eastern or Byzantine Empire
  • 380

    Christianity is declared the official religion of the Roman Empire

    Christianity is declared the official religion of the Roman Empire
    Christianity became the state church of the Roman Empire with the Edict of Thessalonica in 380 AD, when Emperor Theodosius I made it the Empire's sole authorized religion.
  • 395

    Roman Empire is officially split

    Roman Empire is officially split into the Western Roman Empire (capital Rome) and the Eastern or Byzantine Roman Empire (capital Constantinople).