Roman Timeline

  • 509 BCE

    Roman Republic is founded

  • 449 BCE

    The Law of the 12 Tables is Instituted

  • 218 BCE

    Hannibal Invades Italy

  • 73 BCE

    The Spartacus slave uprising

  • 45 BCE

    Julius Caesar becomes dictator

  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar is assassinated

  • 27 BCE

    Augustus becomes the first emperor of rome

  • 38

    Emperor Caligula's reign begins

  • 64

    Great fire of rome

  • 80

    construction of the colossem is completed

  • 96

    age of the five good emperors

  • 165

    antonine plague

  • 330

    capital of the empire is moved ti constaninoble

  • 380

    empire converts to christianity

  • 410

    sack of rome