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396 BCE
Veii Roman Conquest
Rome sacks Veii, a major Etruscan city -
390 BCE
Sack of Rome
Gallic tribes invade northern Italy and sack Rome. -
Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE
First Punic War
Rome gains control of Sicily; Carthage agrees to pay indemnity -
Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE
Second Punic War
Hannibal seeks to expand Carthaginian power in Spain;
Rome ultimately wins: Carthage loses its empire and Rome gains controls of parts of Spain -
168 BCE
Battle of Pydna
Triumph over Perseus (last independent king of Macedon)
Macedon becomes a Roman property -
Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE
Third Punic War
Rome wants to end Carthage once and for all; Enslaved -
146 BCE
Destruction of Corinth
Achaean League (confederation of Greek city-states) resists orders from the Roman Senate; Lucius Mummius defeats the League and captures and destroys Corinth, enslaving many of its residents -
59 BCE
Livy
Historian of Roman Republic who wrote about the struggle between plebeians and patricians. -
49 BCE
Rubicon
The river Rubicon marked the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul to the north-west and Italy proper (controlled directly by Rome and its allies) to the south that Julius Caesar crossed. -
48 BCE
Pharsalus
War between Julius Caesar and Pompey -
31 BCE
Battle of Actium
Octavian wins
Antony and Cleopatra lose and commit suicide
Egypt become a part of the Roman state
Octavian becomes leader of Rome -
Period: 30 to 120
Plutarch
Wrote about Cato the Elder -
44
Assassination of Caesar on the Ides of March
By Brutus -
Period: 90 to 160
Appian
Writing about late 2nd century BCE (130’s)
Conflict between rich and poor
Ager publicus (public land)