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390 BCE
Celts invade Italy
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Period: 390 BCE to 387 BCE
Celts invade Italy
Rome saw Celts as a threat and attacked them. The Gallic Celts led by the warlord Brennus, came into Italy and sacked them. Eventually they were paid off withe 1000lbs of gold, and left. Then some guy named Furius Camillus raised and army and drove the Gauls away. The Guals were later annihilated in a battle somewhere outside the city. -
Period: 343 BCE to 282 BCE
Expansion into Italy
This is when Rome went from being a small city-state, to ruling all of Italy. They were the strongest city-state in all of Italy, so they expanded easily at this time. Their only threat was the samnites, who they clashed with repeatedly but eventually conquered. They were strong from defeating the Celtics. These wars led up to the Pyrrhic War. -
280 BCE
Pyrrhic war
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Period: 280 BCE to 275 BCE
Pyrrhic war
The Greeks were being attacked by the Romans, so they asked Pyrrhic to help them, and they did. The Pyrrhics used war elephants, which Rome had never faced before. The Pyrrhic army was losing men and coulded get any reinforcements. However the Romans could replenish their legions so in the end each battle, no matter who won, hurt the Pyrrhic worse. So in the end, Rome won and the Pyrrhic returned to their home. -
264 BCE
Punic wars
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Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE
Punic Wars
It was a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage.
It all happened because Rome tried to expand. In the first war Rome was growing quickly but didn't have near as much naval power. The second war was about this guy named Hannibal who eventually died leading a campaign through Rome. The third war lasted the longest with a lot of deaths on both sides, but eventually Rome won and became the strongest force in all the Mediterranean. -
219 BCE
Conquer of the Iberian peninsula
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Period: 219 BCE to 208 BCE
Conquer of the Iberian peninsula
The Romans started to attack Iberia in hopes of conquering that whole area as well. Also there was a group known as the Carthaginians who were their at that time, and they were quite a threat to the Roman empire. Once the Romans conquered them they told the native tribes they were liberating them. Then they ended up conquering the whole peninsula. Eventually the Celts tried to resist them leading to a battle that lasted 200 years before the Romans finally succeeded. -
Period: 215 BCE to 148 BCE
Macedon, the Greek poleis, and Illyria
Macedonia had been losing power for quite some time now, so Rome conquered them quite easily. Eventually they tried to revolt but the Romans struck them back down. At this time they also overtook this tiny little country called Lyrical. They also took over some of the Greek city states. Eventually they ended up conquering all of Greece. -
112 BCE
Jugurthine war
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Period: 112 BCE to 105 BCE
Jugurthine War
Rome was an alley of this king named,Masinissa, who ruled a country in northern Africa. One day that king died and his illegitimate nephew, Jugurtha, and his two sons, split the kingdom. However they couldn't split it separately, so Jugurtha declared war on his cousins. One of the sons was assassinated, and the other was forced to flee to Rome. This rivalry went on for some time, before Jurgurtha forced his brother to submit and had him executed. Then Rome came in and took over. -
101 BCE
Roman emperor Trajan defeats Dacia
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88 BCE
Mithridates of Pontus attempts to free Greece
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Period: 88 BCE to 63 BCE
Mithridates of Pontus attempts to free Greece
These two kings said that they owned pieces of land that Rome claimed. One of the kings decided to invade the Roman territories. Rome at the time was politically unstable and couldn't gather an army to defend itself. The king ordered his men to kill all the Romans and Italians they found and about 80000 people were murdered. Rome eventually managed to get their ducks in a row and retook the land. -
60 BCE
Boudicca revolts in Britain
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Period: 58 BCE to 54 BCE
Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul
Gaul had been a thorn in Rome's side for a very long time. Then the Germans, who were a big threat to Rome, started to consider taking over Gaul. So obviously Rome had to do it first. So Ceaser, trying to impress the senate, lead a campaign through there. He ended up conquering it and more. -
55 BCE
Julius Caesar's expeditions in Britain
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Period: 55 BCE to 54 BCE
Julius Caesar's expeditions in Britain
The first time Ceaser only went with two legions. He didn't make it very far and had to return to Rome. He went back a year later with five legions. He made it almost all the way to the British capital before finally signing a peace treaty. About 100 years later they conquered Britain. -
15 BCE
Germanicus leads 12,000 men across the Rhine to attack the Chatti
In the middle of the war the Romans decided to bring him back and through him a parade. However, on his way back he decided to sneak attack the Chatti. He decided he didn't want to negotiate with them. He killed everyone. Then he came back to Rome. -
43
Claudius commences the Roman conquest of Britain
When Caesar first attacked it was just to please the senate. However this new king decided to take over all of it. He easily defeated some of the tribes, and the others fled. Eventually those tribes were defeated as well. And the king successfully conquered Britain. -
43
Claudius commences the Roman conquest of Britain
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Period: 60 to 61
Boudicca revolts in Britain
She was the queen of her land in Britain, which was part owned by Rome. When her husband died Rome took over everything. When she objected she was flogged. So she led a revolt against the Romans and ended up killing over 80,000 Roman citizens of Britain. However the Romans defeated them and she committed suicide. -
Period: 101 to 106
Roman emperor Trajan defeats Dacia
He loved war and disliked the Dacian, I wonder what happened next? He went into Dacia and conquered quite easily. They begged for peace so he agreed. Then they attacked the Romans. So he went back and defeated them, and the Dacian king committed suicide. -
Period: 167 to 180
Marcomannic Wars
This tribe called the Marcomanni we’re migrating when they came across Rome. They thought, this looks nice, and went in and took over. So this guy named Hevius decided to raise a revolt. Eventually they drove away the Marcomanni. One year later they defeated one of their ally tribes. -
195
Parthian War
The parthian king felt that some of the surrounding countries had wronged him in the past. So he decided to invade them. Little did he know those countries were partially ruled by Rome. So Rome took them back. Then they defeated Parthia -
312
Constantine the great
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Period: 312 to 324
Constantine the great
This guy became the Emperor and realized that something was wrong. Rome was too big for one man to rule. So he decided to decide it in Half, with two different rulers. Christianity at this time was strongly accepted in this country. So he made it the dominant religion. He also kept the nation strong and prosperous. -
Period: 488 to 493
Theodoric the great
This guy was the leader of the Ostrogoth's. He was encouraged by the Roman emperor to invade Italy. He did and he ruled over the Romans and Goths happily. Everyone said that he was a kind and just leader. However he paranoid because he was always attacked by surrounding nations. -
Period: 536 to 562
The Byzantine Empire
This Empire was really just the east Romans.
So basically they just retook Italy. They did that with the help of Constantine I. They were a Christian state. At this time Rome was basically all ready over, it had a different name, and was slowly turning into something else. -
Period: 607 to 627
Byzantine Empire (basically East Rome), defeats Sassanian Persia
So this new guy came into power in Persia and decided to retake some of Rome’s land. The Romans counter attacked but lost. Then the Persians ended up moving on to Mesopotamia, and other placed taking over everything. Then this guy guy named Heraclitus led a major counter attack against them but lost and Rome was on the verge of defeat. Years later, Heraclitus tried again, and ended up taking the capital, killing the bad man, and saving everyone.
