Rome History

By Nanamoriguchi
  • 753 BCE

    753 BCE: The founding of Rome

    Romulus and Remus found Rome. Romulus kills Remus and names the city after him self.
  • 509 BCE

    509 BCE: The Republic begins

    After having 7 kings Rome starts the Republic period. It is ruled by senators and has a constitution.
  • 476 BCE

    476 CE: The end of the Western Roman Empire

    The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is deposed and the Middle Ages begin.
  • 476 BCE

    476 AD

    The end of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome. Romulus is defeated by Odoacer and that begins the start of the Dark Ages
  • 308 BCE

    308 AD

    Theodosius declares Christianity to be the sole religion of the Roman Empire.
  • 306 BCE

    306 AD

    Consantine becomes Emperor. Which turns Rome into an Christian empire
  • 218 BCE

    218 BCE: Hannibal invades

    Hannibal attacks Rome and invades Italy in the second war.
  • 121 BCE

    121 AD

    The Hadrian Wall is built. To keep out the Barbarians a long wall is built across northern England
  • 73 BCE

    73 BCE: Spartacus slave uprising

    Spartacus a gladiator leads a bunch of slaves in a series of battles. Him and his men were caught and grustified.
  • 64 BCE

    64 CE: The Great Fire of Rome

    Most of the city is destroyed in a vast fire. Emperor Nero has often been blamed, but modern scholarship doubts this.
  • 45 BCE

    45 BCE: Julius Caesar becomes a dictator

    After Julius Caesar wins the civil war he established himself as a dictator for life and supreme ruler of Rome. Which ends the Roman Republic.
  • 44 BCE

    44 BCE: The death of Julius Caesar

    He was assassinated which brings back the republic
  • 27 BCE

    27 BCE: The Roman Empire begins

    Even though Caesar was a dictator, the first leader to call himself ''Emperor'' or Augustus was Octavius.
  • 395

    395 AD

    Rome splits into two empires
  • 1453

    1453 AD

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