ROMAN EMPIRE

Foundation of Rome

753 BCE

The Foundation of Rome. The traditional date for the founding of Rome is April 21st, 753 BC. ... Roman tradition ascribed it to Romulus, whose name means simply 'man of Rome', but Greek writers from at least the fifth century BC attributed it to the Trojan exile Aeneas.

The Republic of Rome

509 BCE

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Cesar Augustus

27 BCE

Augustus was the first Roman emperor. He ruled between 27 a. C. and 14 d. C., Note 5 years after his death, thus becoming the Roman emperor with the longest reign in history.

Birth of Chris

1 CE

The nativity of Jesus or birth of Jesus is described in the gospels of Luke and Matthew. The two accounts differ, but agree that Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea during the reign of King Herod the Great, his mother Mary was married to a man named Joseph, who was descended from King David and was not his biological father, and that his birth was caused by divine intervention.

Constantine the Great

306

Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire; in 330 he moved his capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople.

Theodosius I dead and divide the empire

379

Flavio Teodosio, since January 19, 379, Dominus Noster Flavius Theodosius Augustus; at his death, Divus Theodosius, he was emperor of the Romans from 379 until his death.

Romulus, the last emperor of the Occident Roman Empire

474

According to Roman tradition, the twin brothers Romulo and Remus were responsible for founding Rome. Finally it would be only Romulus who founded it, becoming its first king. Current historiography considers this tradition false, fixing the origin of the city at the end of the 7th century BC. C.