Rome rise and fall

By Mr.Michael
  • 800 BCE

    The Etruscans conquer Etruria

    The Etruscans conquered Etruria, which was just North of Rome.
  • 700 BCE

    First Roman village

    in 700 B.C.E., A Latin tribe built a village that would later become Rome. This village was built on the Palatine hill/
  • 616 BCE

    the Etruscans conquer Northern Italy.

    In 616 B.C.E., the Etruscans conqured Northern Italy, which included Rome.
  • 509 BCE

    Patricians Create a republic

    in 509 B.C.E., Roman Patricians Drove out the last Etruscan king, and made their own republic. this put the Senate in charge. The Senate was made up of 300 men, that the patricians elected
  • Period: 509 BCE to 264 BCE

    the first period of expansion

    Rome made its first major expansion from 509 B.C.E. to 264 B.C.E. This was a crucial expansion, This expansion is when Rome really started to take off a fast growing republic. the main part of this expansion, was that Rome conquered the entire Italian Peninsula.
  • 494 BCE

    The plebeians gain political equality

    when the Republic was created, the patricians held all of the political power. The plebeians grew tired of this, and started revolting. in 494 B.C.E., the Plebeians went on strike, which brought Rome's Army, Crops, and industry to a halt. this is because plebeians made up most of the population. The Patricians eventually started sharing their political powers with the Plebeians.
  • 367 BCE

    Plebeians gain more political equality

    while Plebeians did have some political power, the patricians still had more power. in 367, A new law was passed that said, one of the two Roman consuls has to be a Plebeian. former consuls were in the Senate, this would give a Plebeian a seat in the Senate.
  • 287 BCE

    Plebeians gain the right to pass laws

    in 287 B.C.E., Plebeians gained the right to vote on laws. now all Roman citizens could vote at assemblies. As Plebeians gained more and more equality, more of them started serving alongside patricians in the senate.
  • 264 BCE

    Rome controls All of Italy

    A time went on, the Romans kept conquering their Latin neighbors. Rome Eventually conquered all of Italy. During this time, Rome also made allies with their former enemies, The Etruscans.
  • Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE

    first punic war

    Rome's rising threatened a great power, the city of Carthage, in North Africa. Rome fought three wars with them. the first one was fought from 264 B.C.E. to 241 B.C.E.
  • Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE

    second major expansion

    the second major expansion mainly included the three Punic wars, through these wars, Rome gained control of North Africa, much of Spain, and the island of Sicily. Rome armies also conquered Macedonia and Greece. this expansion was from 264 B.C.E. to 146 B.C.E.
  • Period: 218 BCE to 201 BCE

    second Punic war

    the second Punic war was fought from 218 B.C.E. to 201 B.C.E
  • Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE

    third Punic war

    the third Punic war was fought from 149 B.C.E. to 146 B.C.E.
  • Period: 145 BCE to 44 BCE

    the third period of expansion

    during the third major expansion, Rome to control of the entire Mediterranean. In the east, Rome conquered Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt. In the West, General Julius Caesar conquered most of Gaul, and invaded Britain. The Republic was in trouble. Roman generals were becoming dictators, and were putting their armies against the Senate. Caesar ruled as a dictator, before he was murdered in 44 BCE. after more civil wars, Caesars grandnephew took control of Rome, under the name of Augustus Caesar.
  • 44 BCE

    Caesar's death

    When Caesar was serving as a dictator, he was murdered by a man, that thought he was saving the Republic. But, this just caused more civil wars. this prompted his grandnephew, Octavian, to take control of Rome, and assume the name of Augustus. Augustus was the first emperor of Rome.
  • Period: 44 BCE to 14

    the 4th major expansion

    The 4th major expansion started with the making of the empire. Augustus, added a great deal of territory to Rome. He pushed the borders back to natural boundaries, like rivers. this made Rome easier to defend. Later emperors stretched the territory even farther. at it's height, Rome stretched from the island of Britain, in the East, to the Black Sea, in the East. as many Emperors served Rome grew weaker, as they never figured out how to transfer power, peacefully.
  • 330

    Emperor Constantine moves the capital

    in 330 C.E., Emperor Constantine moved the capital of Rome, to Byzantium, renaming it, New Rome. Later it would go by Constantinople. After Constantine's reign, power was usually shared by two co-rulers. One based in Rome, and the other based in Constantinople.
  • 476

    German tribes invade Rome

    After awhile of war threats by Germanic tribes, those tribes finally drove out the last emperor in West Rome. from then on, West Rome was slowly dissolving into separate kingdoms, ruled by different tribes.
  • 1453

    the fall of Rome

    after West Rome dissolved, The East empire carried on for 1,000 years. Many things contributed to Rome fall, political instability, heavy taxes and poverty, Weakening Frontiers, and many more reasons.