Roman Government

  • 101

    consul Gaius Marius defeats the Cimbri at Vercelli

  • 133

    The gap between the wealthy and the poor deepens as Rome grows larger.

  • 306

    Constantine becomes Emperor AD

  • 312

    Constantine gains control of the West and advocates for Christianity. AD

  • 533

    Justinian began to recapture Western Roman Empire

  • Oct 16, 753

    Romen was found

  • Apr 18, 1200

    Etruscans reached northern Italy BCE

  • Dec 5, 1453

    The Byzantine Empire ends

  • Roman Empire begins BC

  • Marcus Antony and Cleopatra defeated at battle of Actium B.C

  • Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome BC

  • Julius Caesar is elected consul with the help of Crassus

  • Colosseum is built

  • 800-500 BCE Greeks established colonies throughout southern Italy

  • 509 BCE Romans revolted against the Etruscan kings and created the system of government by the Senate and the Assembly

  • The Visigoths sack Rome

  • Hannibal invades Italy

  • Third Punic War

  • Diocletian split empire into four sections ruled by two co-emperors

  • Diocletian becomes the newest emperor of Rome AD