Rome

By Adriaan Slabbert 9
  • 753 BCE

    City of rome is founded

  • 509 BCE

    Rome becomes a republic

  • 218 BCE

    Hannibal invades Italy.

  • 73 BCE

    Spartacus the gladiator leads the slaves in an uprising

  • 45 BCE

    Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome

  • 27 BCE

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

  • 64

    Much of Rome burns. Legend has it that Emperor Nero watched the city burn while playing a lyre.

  • 80

    The Colosseum is built. One of the great examples of Roman engineering is finished. It can seat 50,000 spectators.

  • 121

    The Hadrian Wall is built. To keep out the barbarians a long wall is built across northern England.

  • 306

    Constantine becomes Emperor. Constantine would convert to Christianity and Rome would become a Christian empire. Prior to this Rome persecuted the Christians.

  • 380

    Theodosius I declares Christianity to be the sole religion of the Roman Empire.

  • 395

    Rome splits into two empires.

  • 410

    The Visigoths sack Rome. This is the first time in 800 years that the city of Rome has fallen to an enemy.

  • 476

    The end of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome. The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This signals the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.

  • 1453

    The Byzantine Empire comes to an end as it falls to the Ottoman Empire.