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Jan 1, 1000
Romulus and Remus found Rome- 753 BCE
Romulus and Remus were sons of Rhea Silvia (daughter of Amulius AKA- King). The king had Romulus and Remus thrown into the river to make sure that they wouldn't grow up and take the power from him. Not knowing that they would survive and return to Latium to take control and name the land Rome. -
Period: Jan 1, 1000 to
Roman Republic/ Empire 753BCE- 500AD
1900-2011
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Nov 17, 1050
The Twelve Tables of Law established- 450 BCE
The earliest attempt by the Romans to create a written code of laws for all of Rome to see was the Twelve Tables of Law. They were established to make there be peace within Rome between the plebeians and patricians. -
Nov 16, 1130
Crassus- 115 BCE
One of the First Triumverates; Crassus was a Roman general. He was known as the wealthiest man in Roman history. He was killed by Caesar. -
Nov 8, 1150
Romans establish a Republican Government 509 BCE
509 BCE- After the Romans got rid of the Etruscans they constructed a republic government; they wrote a constitution which outlined the leagal rights of citizens in Rome. -
Nov 16, 1230
Hannibal begins his march into Italy- 218 BCE
In the Second Punic War, Hannibal began his march into Italy with his troops and elephants. With the help of the elephants, Hannibal managed to win every single battle in Italy except for the last which Rome won due to trumpets and scaring the elephants. -
Jan 1, 1240
The Punic Wars began 264 BCE
264 BCE- Carthaginians wanted to rule Sicily but Rome had control, to to get control of Sicily the Carthaginians must take out Rome - which have a very strong army. Therefore, a problem arrives. -
Nov 17, 1240
Earliest documented Gladiatorial combat- 264 BCE
There were three pairs of gladiators that fought to the death during the funeral of Junius Brutus which was the first DOCUMENTED gladitorial combat in Rome. There may have been more before that were not recorded. -
Jan 1, 1320
Spartacus Revolt 73 BCE
73 BCE- Spartacus lead a group of slaves on a revolt against Rome. He had been a slave himself due to being in a war zone and captured. -
Nov 9, 1350
Julius Caesar defeats Pompey 48 BCE
Julius Caesar had chased Pompey all over from Rome to Greece, down to Alexandria where he was finally killed by Caesar. They were both members of the First Triumverate and ...... -
Nov 16, 1355
Caesar - 60 BCE
Julius Caesar was a Roman general and one of the First Triumverates. He became a dictator (thee leader of Rome). His military power got him access to Romes government easily because the soldiers were loyal to him and less loyal to Rome, therefore he was able to take total control of Rome. -
Nov 14, 1400
Jesus of Nazareth 4 BCE
Known as Jesus or Christ, he came to be known as the figure of Christianity. Jesus was trying to spread the message of how everyone is God's child. He was Jewish from birth to death and was known to be the son of God. -
Nov 14, 1420
First Triumvirate formed by Pompey 53 BCE
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Nov 8, 1535
Pax Romana 27 BCE
27 BCE- a long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military forces. -
Feb 14, 1570
Julius Caesar becomes dictator for life 44 BCE
Caesar became dictator for life after being dictator in times of need, but due to his military position he was able to keep the dictator role. Although he was killed soon after he named himself this, all the people of Rome loved him because he gave power to the poor people too. -
Nov 17, 1580
Library of Alexandria burned- 48 BCE
A great library with a wide selection of books that varied of many different sorts was the Library of Alexandria. This was actually burned down by Julius Caesar when he tracted down Pompey all the way there do kill him. -
Persecution of the Christians ends- 68 AD
Christians were being prosecuted because Christian missionaries as well as the neophytes that were converted to Christianity were the main target of the prosecution. -
Pompeii Destroyed 79 AD
79 AD- Mt. Vesuvius erupts and burys Pompeii under its ash; Pompeii was destroyed completely and lost for years. -
Coliseum completed- 80 AD
The Coliseum was constructed for gladitorial contests, re-enactments of famous battles, classic mythology dramas, executions, animal hunts, etc. Seating 50,000 spectators, with 80 entrances. -
Pantheon completed- 126 AD
The Pantheon was built as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome. -
Jews expelled from Palestine 135 AD
135 AD- Bar Kokhba's revolt against the Roman Empire contributed to the Jews being scattered after losing control of Judea and they were also sold into slavery throughout the Empire. -
Diocletian divides the empire in two- 284 AD
Diocletian decided to split the Roman empire in two to make it easier to rule, the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire. Each of which with its own leader. -
Christianity becomes official religion 306 AD
Christianity became the official religion little by little when the people in Rome were influenced to join by the mericles and such that come with being a Christian. -
Visigoths plunder Rome- 410 AD
Visigoths were western Goths and when no Roman athority would allow them to integrate into Roman forces (even in exchange for food, or their Alaric leader which led to the incasion of Italy and the plundering of Rome. -
Fall of the Western Empire 476 AD
The Western Empire fell because Caesar was killed; all the people loved Caesar and the fact that he was murdered meant that there would be chaos and no order. This made it easy for outsiders to take over Rome, they were hit when they were weakest. -
German Leader, Odoacer, ousted emperor of Rome 476 AD
476 AD- The German leader Odoacer took control of Rome. Forcing the emperor out, now a German emperor was ruling the western part of the Roman Empire, which ended the Roman Empire.
