Rise, Expansion, and fall of Rome

Rome founded

753 BCE

According to legend, the sons of Rhea Silvia, Romulus and Remus were the people who found Rome.

Rise, Expansion, and fall of Rome

Period: 753 BCE to May 29, 1453

Roman Republic

509 BCE

At this time Rome became republic. At this time Rome had dictators and many wars against the slave revolts.

Twelve Tables

449 BCE

The Laws of the Twelve Tables was Rome's earliest attempt to create a code of law. A commission of 10 men were appointed. Laws are important for an early empire as they keep thing calm and organized

Sack from The Gauls

390 BCE

The sack of Rome was the worst recorded disaster in history of the early Roman republic. They were sacked at the battle of Allia.

Invasion

218 BCE

Italy was invaded by Hannibal in the 1st Punic War. Hannibal is a talented commander and was mostly known for he marched army from Iberia over the Pyrenees mountains and the Alps mountains into northern Italy and defeated the Romans in a series of battle

Coinage

211 BCE

At this time a new coinage was introduced which was the silver denarius. This coin would be the principle silver coin of Rome

Carthage

149 BCE

Roma destroys Carthage in the third Punic war which is now modern Tunisia. This was important to him because the series of wars against would eventually lead to their destruction.

Julius Caesar

45 BCE

At this time he was made dictator for life and was called Father of the Country.

Roman Empire

27 BCE

The Roman Empire is founded by Augustus which is also the first emperor of the Empire

Pontifex Maximus

12 BCE

Emperor Augustus is given the title of Pontifex Maximus after Marcus Aemilius Lepidus died. He also put an end to the election of the pontifices.

Rome Burns

64

During the night of July 18, 64 AD, fire broke out in the merchant area of the city of Rome. Rumors say that Emperor Nero commanded the fire and stood there playing his lyre but this was never confirmed.

Roman Colosseum

80

The Roman Colosseum started its construction in 70 CE. The structure was officially dedicated in 80 CE by Titus in a ceremony that included 100 days of games. The Colosseum is 157 feet high and 510 feet wide.

The Hadrian Wall/ Roman Wall

122

The wall was built in 122 CE to keep away to keep barbarians away. The wall is 117 Km big stretching from Bowness-on-Solway in the west and Wallsend in the east.

The Bar Kokhba revolt

132

The Jews were given rules and a temple, but in the end they were still persecuted and sold to slavery. This sparked up a revolt and the Jews fought back. 132 CE- 135 CE

Tetrarchy

284

Emperor Diocletian who ruled the Roman Empire from 284 to 305 CE believed that the empire was too big for one person to rule and divided it into a tetrarchy (rule of four) with an emperor (augustus) and a co-emperor (caesar) in both the east and west. Diocletian chose to rule the east. Young Constantine rose to power in the west when his father, Constantius, died

Constantine

306

In 306 CE Constantine became the first Christian Emperor. He ended the persecution of Christians

Constantinople

324

In 324 CE Constantine wanted a new capital instead of Byzantium or Rome so we he went to find a find a spot and he did find which was named after him, Constantinople. He built is strategically so it can benefit from lots of things. It was the new capital or grand city.

Split

395

In 395,there was a separation from the western and eastern or the Roman Empire. They both had emperors of their own and would never reunite again.

Sack of Rome

410

The Sack of Rome occurred on August 24, 410. The city was attacked by the Visigoths led by King Alaric. At that time, Rome was no longer the capital of the Western Roman Empire. The first time in 800 years, Rome has been defeated

Falling

476

The end of the Western Roman empire and fall of Ancient Rome. Due to the split they were vulnerable to attack and the empires around started to take advantage of this.

The end

May 29, 1453

At this time the Byzantine empire falls to many thing like corruption, loss of faith, vulnerability, split of the empire but mostly due to the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. Later Constantinople is named to Istanbul.