the fall of roman republic

By Jackr2010
  • 753 BCE

    rome found his twin brother

    According to tradition, on April 21, 753 B.C., Romulus and his twin brother, Remus, found Rome on the site where they were suckled by a she-wolf as orphaned infants.
  • 509 BCE

    when the roman republic was founded

    The Roman Republic was founded in 509 B.C.E. after the last Etruscan king that ruled Rome was overthrown. Rome's next government served as a representative democracy in the form of a republic.
  • 390 BCE

    a bad roman disaster

    The sack of Rome (390 B.C.) was the worst recorded disaster in the history of the early Roman Republic, and saw a Gallic war band led by Brennus capture and sack most of the city, after winning an easy victory on the Allia.
  • 306 BCE

    constantine became the ruler

    constantine became the ruler
  • 149 BCE

    the third punic war

    Third Punic War, also called Third Carthaginian War, (149–146 bce), third of three wars between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian (Punic) Empire that resulted in the final destruction of Carthage, the enslavement of its population, and Roman hegemony over the western Mediterranean.
  • Period: 147 BCE to 127 BCE

    rome's economy

    Small farms were getting forced out of business. Many plebeian farmers sold their farms and headed to the city to find work. Finding work was difficult, because slaves did most of the work. If free men were lucky enough to have jobs they earned very low wages. Crowded cities with little work made people angry.
  • 146 BCE

    after the punic war

    There was always a divide between the patricians and plebeians, but it was made worse after the Punic Wars. Many of the plebeians who were farmers before the war came back and found themselves in debt and living in poverty.
  • 107 BCE

    gaius marius arrived

    Gaius Marius, having enacted the Marian reforms of the Roman army, arrives in North Africa to lead the war against Jugurtha, with a young quaestor named Lucius Cornelius Sulla as a subordinate.
  • 79 BCE

    after sullas stepped down

    after sullas stepped down people thought they could come back from it but they did not come back from it and they got more poor.
  • 27 BCE

    when gaius julius was awarded the title.

    In 27 B.C., Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus was awarded the honorific title of Augustus by a decree of the Senate.