Rome

By Rantar73
  • Period: 771 BCE to 717 BCE

    Life of Romulus

    Romulus, the founder of Rome, said that he and his brother were the sons of Mars, were abandoned and floated down the Tiber River and landed in what would be the city of Rome.
  • 754 BCE

    Romulus Kills Remus

    Romulus Kills Remus
    Over disputes of territory and Romulus building a wall around Rome, just for Remus to climb over it, Romulus would kill his brother.
  • 753 BCE

    Founding of the City of Rome

    Founding of the City of Rome
    The city of Rome was founded and would last forever, despite it's future sackings. Roma Invicta.
  • Period: 753 BCE to 509 BCE

    Kingdom of Rome

    Rome would be a small Latin kingdom for most of it's early days before it's king would be overthrown in place of a Republic lead by the Senate.
  • Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE

    Republic of Rome

    The Roman Republic had many clashes with it's equal in strength, the Carthaginian Republic. The Roman Republic would spread across the Mediterranean and grow to be a large power till Julius Caesar, elected dictator, would proclaim himself Imperator (Emperor).
  • 146 BCE

    Roman Conquest of Carthage

    Roman Conquest of Carthage
    Finally crushing their rival after the Punic Wars, Carthage would be integrated into the Republic, never to have sovereignty again.
  • Period: 58 BCE to 50

    Gallic Wars

    Under Caesar, the Roman Republic would lead a war on the Gaullic peoples and conquer them and their lands.
  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar is Assassinated

    Julius Caesar is Assassinated
    On March 15th, 44 BC during the Ides of March, Caesar would walk into the Senate and be assassinated by all of them, even his would be heir, Brutus.
  • Period: 27 BCE to 476

    Empire of Rome

    After Caesars assassination, Rome would transition into an Empire due to the actions of Caesar, Tiberius followed him after and became the next emperor.
  • Period: 235 to 284

    Crisis of the Third Century

    Due to pressures from outside germanic and such peoples, Rome collapsed into 3 empires, Gallic Empire, Palmyrene Empire, and the Roman Empire. Thus began the Crisis of the Third Century, which could've spelled an early end to the Roman Empire
  • 274

    Restoration of Rome by Aurelian

    Restoration of Rome by Aurelian
    By the grace of the gods, Rome was restored fully, and its policies and laws bettered. Aurelian "Restitutor Orbis" restorer of the world, had fixed internal and external issues of the empire and it came out better than it began.
  • 312

    Adoption of Christianity by Roman Emperor Constantine

    Adoption of Christianity by Roman Emperor Constantine
    Under Constantine, Rome entered a new era, a Christian era. Where Christianity was to be the one religion of the Roman Empire, thus this one emperor had a major shift on the Roman Empire, perhaps being one of the many reasons that Rome would eventually collapse.
  • 330

    Rome Splits Into Two Empires For The First Time

    Rome Splits Into Two Empires For The First Time
    Due to the empire being overextended, and it being very difficult to manage, Rome would be split into two, they'd work together as one entity, but be separate. In the West, the Romans, in the East the Greeks. Though at the time both were very Roman, it wouldn't stay like that.
  • 410

    First Sacking of Rome

    First Sacking of Rome
    Undertaken by the Visigoths, King Alaric of the Visigoths would sack the eternal city of Rome. Rome was not the capital, but it was still an important city for politics and being the heart of the Roman Empire.
  • 476

    Fall of West Rome

    Fall of West Rome
    There once was a dream, the dream was called Rome. So, it was, that in 476, the west half of Rome would fall, and never return. The eternal city of Rome would be reconquered later in time, but not permanently. Rome and all of its lands were now ruled by Germans. Ostrogoths in Italia, Visigoths in Iberia, Franks in Gaul. Rome, was to be no more.