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509 BCE
Formation of the Republic
The formation of the Roman Republic came when the Romans overthrew the Etruscans. Citizens elected representatives to rule. -
450 BCE
The Twelve Tables
Set of laws inscribed into tablets. Written by the government to make all citizens be treated equally before them. -
265 BCE
Romans Gain Control of the Italian Peninsula
Romans defeat Etruscans. Conquered peoples were treated justly . -
Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE
The First Punic War
Over 20 years, the first Punic war was fought between the Roman Republic and Ancient Carthage. The both wanted Supremacy mostly on the island of Sicily. -
Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE
Second Punic War
The Second Punic War was also known as the Hannibalic War.
Hannibal, a general, rode elephants around Rome and destroyed it. -
Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE
Third Punic War
The Third Punic War was the last war of the Punic Wars. The Romans captured and destroyed Carthage. -
Period: 138 BCE to 79 BCE
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
He was considered a dictator and was an important person in the civil war in Roman history. He carried out reforms to make the Roman republic stronger. -
123 BCE
The Gracchus Brothers
Brothers who were reformers for land. They were a group of politicians who appealed to average citizens. They have been thought of the founding fathers of socialism and populism -
107 BCE
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius was a Roman general who was claimed to save Rome from collapse. He is the uncle of Julius Caesar. -
Period: 60 BCE to 53 BCE
The 1st Triumvirate
It was a political alliance between three men during the late Roman Republic. -
57 BCE
Caesar in Gaul
Caesar defeated a Belgic tribe in Gaul and received the surrender of tribes in Brittany and Normandy. -
49 BCE
Caesar crossing the Rubicon
This precipitated the start of the Roman Civil War. At the time, the Roman senate told Caesar to disband his army and come back to Rome, he was ordered not to cross the Rubicon river because it was the territory of Italy. -
44 BCE
The Death of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was stabbed 23 times by some members of the Roman Senate. Historians believe it was Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, and Marcus Junius Brutus. -
43 BCE
The Second Triumvirate
The second political allaince formed after Julius Caesar was murdered -
31 BCE
Battle of Actium
This was the final battle of the Roman Republic. It was between Octavian and conjoined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra. -
27 BCE
Octavian Proclaimed Augustus Caesar
Octavian becomes the only power in Rome and becomes the first emperor in Rome. -
Period: 27 BCE to 1 BCE
The Founding of the Roman Empire
This government was run by emperors and large territorial holdings. -
Period: 264 to 133
Romans Gain Control of the Eastern Mediterranean
The Roman Empire gains all control of the shores. Their establishment provided a large trade network that the Mediterranean Sea provided
