HIST 101: Rome Timeline By kamari.john Period: 753 BCE to 716 BCE Legendary foundation of Rome by Romulus and Remus 509 BCE Foundation of the Roman Republic 450 BCE Issue of the “Twelve Tables” Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE First Punic War Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE Second Punic War Period: 214 BCE to 148 BCE Roman conquest of Macedonia Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE Third Punic War 146 BCE Roman destruction of Carthage and Corinth 133 BCE Death of Tiberius Gracchus 121 BCE Death of Gaius Gracchus 86 BCE Death of Gaius Marius Period: 59 BCE to 53 BCE Formation of the “First Triumvirate” Period: 59 BCE to 49 BCE Caesar's Conquest of Gaul 48 BCE Death of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (“Pompey the Great”) 48 BCE Battle of Pharsalus 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar 43 BCE Roman Conquest of Britian 43 BCE Execution of Marcus Tullius Cicero Period: 43 BCE to 30 BCE Formation of the Second Triumvirate 42 BCE Battle of Phillipi 31 BCE Battle of Actium 30 BCE Roman conquest of Egypt 29 BCE Death of Publius Vergilius Maro (“Virgil”) Period: 27 BCE to 68 Julio-Claudian dynasty Period: 27 BCE to 14 Reign of Augustus Period: 27 BCE to 180 Pax Romana 29 Birth of Christ 33 Crucifixion of Christ 88 Lucius Cornelius Sulla marches his army against Rome for the first time Period: 96 to 180 Age of the “Five Good Emperors” Period: 235 to 284 Age of the “Barracks Emperors” Period: 284 to 305 Reign of Diocletian Period: 303 to 311 “Great Persecution” of Christians Period: 306 to 337 Reign of Constantine I 313 Edict of Toleration (Edict of Milan) 325 Council of Nicea Period: 354 to 430 Life of St. Augustine of Hippo Regius 378 Battle of Adrianople 380 Christianity becomes sole lawful religion of the Roman Empire 395 Permanent division of Roman Empire into Eastern and Western halves 410 First sack of Rome by the Visigoths 410 Roman abandonment of Britain 451 Battle of the Catalaunian Plains 455 Sack of Rome by the Vandals Period: 527 to 565 Reign of Justinian I Period: 529 to 534 Issue of the Corpus Iuris Civilis Period: 590 to 604 Pontificate of Pope Gregory I “the Great” 1453 Fall of the East Roman Empire