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Roman History Timeline

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  • 753 BCE

    Rome has been founded.

    Rome has been founded.
    The year that Romulus and Remus founded Rome
  • 509 BCE

    Rome becomes a republic.

    The last king is overthrown and Rome is now ruled by elected officials called senators.
  • Period: 341 BCE to 338 BCE

    Rebellion fought against neighbor Latin.

    After Rome emerged victorious, the settlement they imposed underpinned subsequent Roman conquests of Italy and overseas territories.
  • Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE

    First Punic War

    Was fought over control of the island of Sicily, and many of the crucial clashes were naval battles.
  • 218 BCE

    Hannibal invades Italy.

    Hannibal leads the Carthage army in his famous crossing of the Alps to attack Rome.
  • Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE

    The second Punic War

    saw the famous invasion of Italy by Carthaginian general Hannibal. Although Roman resilience and resources were stretched to near breaking point by a string of defeats.
  • Period: 171 BCE to 168 BCE

    Third Macedonian War

    The Third Macedonian War was a war fought between the Roman Republic and King Perseus of Macedon.
  • Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE

    The third Punic War

    Was a foregone conclusion, in which Rome was finally successful in destroying its hated rival.
  • Period: 67 BCE to 66 BCE

    Pompey Conquest

    Pompey initially went to the east in 67 BC as part of his campaign against pirates who were infesting the Mediterranean. Having crushed the pirates in just three months, in 66 BC Pompey succeeded to the command against the long-term enemy of Rome.
  • 64 BCE

    Pompey captured Jerusalem

    The Siege of Jerusalem occurred during Pompey the Great's campaigns in the east, shortly after his successful conclusion of the Third Mithridatic War.
  • 45 BCE

    Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome.

    Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome.
    Caesar makes his famous Crossing of the Rubicon and defeats Pompey in a civil war to become the supreme ruler of Rome.
  • 45 BCE

    Rome becomes a dictatorship.

    Julius Caesar makes Rome a dictatorship.
  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar is assassinated.

    Marcus Brutus and others stab him to death.
  • 44 BCE

    Rome has a civil war.

    Julius Caesar is killed and there is a outrage.
  • Period: 31 BCE to 14 BCE

    Augustus reintroduces monarchy to Rome

    Augustus had in effect reintroduced one-man rule, and become Rome’s first emperor. Augustus spent years experimenting with his constitutional position.
  • 27 BCE

    The Roman Empire starts.

    Caesar Augustus becomes the first Roman Emperor.
  • 64

    Most of Rome is burned.

    Most of Rome is burned.
    Legend has it that Emperor Nero watched the city burn while playing a lyre.
  • 80

    The Colosseum is built.

    The Colosseum is built.
    One of the great examples of Roman engineering is finished. It can seat 50,000 spectators.
  • 121

    The Hadrian Wall is built.

    The Hadrian Wall is built.
    To keep out the barbarians a long wall is built across northern England.
  • Period: 135 to 132

    First Servile War in Sicily

    Was an unsuccessful slave rebellion against the Roman Republic. The war was prompted by slave revolts in Enna on the island of Sicily.
  • Period: 211 to 285

    Numerous emperors killed by revolts and assassinations

    This was a time span where Rome couldn't keep any leaders because they were getting assassinated. There was also a lot of revolts.
  • Period: 235 to 284

    Third Century Crisis

    In the 50 years between AD 235 and 284, the Roman empire suffered chronic political and military instability. Amid endemic civil wars and defeats at the hands of barbarians, emperors came and went with bewildering rapidity.
  • 306

    Constantine becomes Emperor.

    Constantine would convert to Christianity and Rome would become a Christian empire.
  • 380

    Christianity

    Christianity
    Theodosius I proclaims Christianity as the sole religion of the Roman Empire in 380 AD.
  • 395

    Rome splits into two empires.

    Rome splits into two empires.
    Rome was to big to govern by one person split into Eastern and Western.
  • 410

    The Visigoths sack Rome.

    The Visigoths sack Rome.
    This is the first time in 800 years that the city of Rome has fallen to an enemy.
  • 476

    The end of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome.The end of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome.

    The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer.
  • 476

    This signals the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.

    With them getting defeated they lost the empire and sparked another time period.
  • 1453

    The Byzantine Empire comes to an end as it falls to the Ottoman Empire.

    The Byzantine Empire gets attacked and loses to the Ottoman Empire.

  • The Byzantine Empire

    The Byzantine Empire
    The empire was renamed to Istanbul.