Roman History Timeline

  • 753 BCE

    Founding of Rome (Event)

  • 722 BCE

    Assyria Defeats Northern Israel (War)

  • Period: 625 BCE to 510 BCE

    Period of the Kings (Era)

  • Period: 616 BCE to 579 BCE

    Tarquinius Priscus (Person)

  • 612 BCE

    Nineveh Overthrown (War)

  • 594 BCE

    Solon Elected Sole Archon (Event)

    Solon Elected Sole Archon (Event)
  • Period: 578 BCE to 535 BCE

    Servius Tullius (Person)

  • Period: 519 BCE to 430 BCE

    Cincinnatus (Person)

  • Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE

    Roman Republic (Era)

  • Period: 480 BCE to 430 BCE

    Golden Age of Athens (Era)

  • Period: 342 BCE to 271 BCE

    Epicurus, Founder of Epicureanism

  • Period: 335 BCE to 263 BCE

    Zeno, Founder of Stoicism (Person)

  • Period: 332 BCE to 323 BCE

    The Reign of Alexander (Era)

  • 300 BCE

    Scipio Barbatus (Person)

  • Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE

    First Punic War (War)

  • Period: 234 BCE to 149 BCE

    Cato the Elder (Person)

  • 218 BCE

    Hannibal Crosses the Alps (Event)

  • Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE

    Second Punic War (War)

  • Period: 218 BCE to 202 BCE

    Second Punic War (War)

  • 201 BCE

    Rome Defeats Carthage (Event)

  • 148 BCE

    Achaean League Forms (Event)

    Achaean League Forms (Event)
  • 146 BCE

    Carthage and Corinth Razed (Event)

  • 133 BCE

    Murder of Tiberius Gracchus (Event)

    Murder of Tiberius Gracchus (Event)
  • Period: 106 BCE to 48 BCE

    Pompey (Person)

  • 82 BCE

    Sulla Becomes Dictator (Event)

    Sulla Becomes Dictator (Event)
  • Period: 73 BCE to 71 BCE

    Revolt of Spartacus (War)

  • Period: 70 BCE to 19 BCE

    Virgil (Person)

  • 63 BCE

    Conspiracy of Catiline (Event)

  • Period: 58 BCE to 50 BCE

    Caesar's Conquest of Gaul (War)

  • Period: 42 BCE to 37

    Tiberius (Person)

  • 31 BCE

    Battle of Actium (War)

    Battle of Actium (War)
  • Period: 27 BCE to 476

    Roman Empire (Era)

  • 1 CE

    Death of Herod the Great (Event)

    Death of Herod the Great (Event)
  • Period: 37 to 100

    Josephus (Person)

  • Period: 56 to 120

    Tacitus (Person)

  • 64

    Great Fire of Rome (Event)

  • 67

    Siege of Gamla

    Siege of Gamla
  • 68

    Year of The Four Emperors (Event)

    Year of The Four Emperors (Event)
  • Period: 69 to 122

    Suetonius (Person)

  • 70

    Siege of Jerusalem (War)

    Siege of Jerusalem (War)
  • 203

    Martyrdom of Perpetua (Event)

    Martyrdom of Perpetua (Event)
  • 250

    Persecution of Decius (Event)

    Persecution of Decius (Event)
  • Period: 284 to 305

    Diocletian (Person)

  • Period: 300 to 308

    Persecution of Diocletian and Galerius (Era)

  • Period: 306 to 337

    Constantine (Person)

  • 312

    Battle of Milvian Bridge (Event)

    Battle of Milvian Bridge (Event)
  • 313

    Edict of Milan (Event)

  • 325

    Council of Nicaea (Event)

  • 381

    Council of Constantinople (Event)

  • 410

    Rome Sacked (Event)

    Rome Sacked (Event)