Ancient Rome Exam 2

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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)