Rome

Ancient Rome

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  • 122

    The Hadrian Wall

    The Hadrian Wall was built in 122 AD. It was a long wall built across northern England in an effort to keep the barbarians out.
  • 218

    Hannibal Invades Italy

    218 B.C.- Hannibal leads the Carthage army to attack Italy. This becomes part of the Second Punic War.
  • 306

    Constantine Becomes Emperor

    306 A.D.- Rome becomes a Christian empire. Before this, Rome persecuted the Christians. Constantius dies. His son Constantine is the new vice-emperor of Galerius.
  • 380

    Christianity

    Theodosius I proclaims Christianity as the sole religion of the Roman Empire in 380 AD.
  • 395

    Rome Splits

    In 395 AD, Rome split into two empires - the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Each side had a ruler in charge of it. The Roman Empire was split by Theodosius.
  • 400

    Battles with Etruscans

    400 A.D.- Rome begins to start conquering land.
  • 410

    The Visigoths sack Rome

    410 A.D.- This was the first time in 800 years that the city of Rome has fallen to an enemy. It was a huge uproar.
  • 476

    Fall of Ancient Rome

    The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This is the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.
  • 509

    Rome becomes a Republic

    509 B.C.- 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.
  • Jan 1, 753

    Founding

    753 B.C.- Rome was founded by Romulus. Romulus was the first of the seven Roman kings. The original name of Rome was Roma.

  • Rome Becomes an Empire

    27 B.C.- Octavius appoints himself "Augustus", which means the first emperor.

  • Julius Ceasar is Killed

    44 B.C.- 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.

  • Julius Ceasar Rules Rome

    45 B.C.- 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.

  • Rome Burns

    64 A.D.- Nero set fire to Rome and blames the Christians for it.

  • Colosseum

    The Colosseum was built in 80 AD. The completion of the Colosseum was celebrated with 100 days of games. The Romans invade Scotland.