Ancient Rome Ben Brown

Romulus and Remus

800 BCE

Legend tells us that Rome was founded by twin brothers. Their names were Remus and Romulus. These brothers were said to be the sons of a Latin woman and the god Mars.

Romes Republic

509 BCE

The Romans drove out the Etruscan rulers and established a republic. The Romans felt a republic would prevent too much power from going to any one individual. The laws were voted on by 300 land owning, upper-class citizens

Rome as a conqueror

270 BCE

Rome rapidly grew in power over time. By 270 B.C. Rome had conquered the entire peninsula. The Roman soldiers were typically paid by being given a portion of the spoils of war, this gave them great motivation to defeat everybody they went up against.

Punic wars Begining

264 BCE

This is when Rome first began their battle against Carthage. Carthage ruled the Western Mediterranean, Spain, and North Africa.

Punic wars end

146 BCE

On thsi date, Rome ended their wars against Carthage. One of the main reasons that they came out on top was because of there strong navy.

Plebeians sought reform

133 BCE

The plebeians would be like our lower class today. They were in a social class that was very hard for them to get out of so this is why the sought reform.

The poor make gains

123 BCE

The plebians sought reform for a long time leading up to this event, but it finally paid off. Gaius finally sought public funds to buy grain for the poor.

Julius Caesar leads his army

58 BCE

At this point in time, Ceasar led his army into Gaul. Caesar was feared by other generals because he was a brilliant military leader and had a lot of success.

Roman power

44 BCE

Romes power grew and grew until the size of Rome its self was at its peak. At this time a new class of wealthy generals, traders, and officials gained power in Rome.

Rip Caesar

44

Many patricians were mad that Caesar had all the power, so a group of Senators stabbed him to death in 44 B.C. This caused a civil war to break out in Rome.

A revolt against rome

66

The Zealots called for a revolt against Rome. Many believed that God would soon send a messiah, an anointed king, who would lead them to freedom from Rome. However due to many different ideas in Rome and a lack of stable Government, discontent turned into an open rebellion.

Freedom

313

In 313 A.D. Christians as a whole were given some relief. They were granted freedom of worship. This happened because the Edict of Mulan was passed in order to grand Christians there right to worship.

Invaders begin to worry the romans

370

Waves of invaders overwhelmed the Roman legions.
The Huns were the most feared of the invaders. The Huns were the most feared since the had the strongest and most developed army.

Rome is broken down more and more.

378

The Visigoths defeated a Roman army at Adrianople. This defeat only added to the destruction, pain, and loss to Rome. This almost past the point of no return.

"man down, man down" Rome falls...

476

Visigoth general Alaric overran Italy and sacked Rome itself. on top of that Attila the Hun invaded Europe, savagely destroying anyone in his path. Savage attack after savage attack like this eventually led to the fall of Rome.