Rome

  • 753 BCE

    First and last king

    Rome fist a-stabilised the first King in 753bc and ended in 509bc. The first King was Romulus (753bc) and the last was Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (509bc)
  • 578 BCE

    Cloaca Maxima

    Tarquinius Priscus builds the Cloaca Maxima, the first sewer
  • 509 BCE

    Tarquin

    the last king (Tarquinius Superbus) is expelled and Roma becomes a republic
  • 396 BCE

    Battle of Veii

    Rome conquers the Etruscan city of Veii
  • 356 BCE

    Philip II

    Philip II repulses the Illyrian invasion and extends kingdom
  • 280 BCE

    Defeat

    Rome is defeated by Pyrrhus of Epirus at Heraclea
  • 264 BCE

    First Gladiator event

    First gladiator games
  • 218 BCE

    Hannibal invades Italy

    Hannibal invades Italy. Hannibal leads the Carthage army in his famous crossing of the Alps to attack Rome. This is part of the Second Punic war.
  • 171 BCE

    The third Macedonian war starts

    The Third Macedonian War begins when Perseus attacks Roma
  • 168 BCE

    Perseus falls to the romans

    The Romans defeat Philip V's son Perseus at Pydna and end the Antigonid dynasty
  • 167 BCE

    End of third Macedonian war

    At the end of the Third Macedonian War the romans divide Macedonia into four republics
  • 73 BCE

    Spartacus the gladiator

    Spartacus the gladiator lead the slaves in an uprising
  • 55 BCE

    Caesar Fights for rome

    Caesar fights German tribes and crosses the Rhine
  • 45 BCE

    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. This signals the end of the Roman Republic.
  • 27 BCE

    First Roman Empire

    The Roman Empire begins as Caesar Augustus becomes the first Roman Emperor.