The Roman Empire

Romes founded

753 BCE

The city of Rome is founded. Legend has it that the twin sons of Mars, the god of war, named Romulus and Remus founded the city. Romulus killed Remus and became ruler of Rome and named the city after himself. Rome was ruled by kings for the next 240 years.

Roma republic

509 BCE

Rome becomes a republic. The last king is overthrown and Rome is now ruled by elected officials called senators. There is a constitution with laws and a complex republican government.

The end of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of ancient Rome.

476 BCE

The end of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of ancient Rome. The last Roman emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Gothic Odoacro. This marks the beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe.

The Visigoths plunder Rome

410 BCE

The Visigoths plunder Rome. This is the first time in 800 years that the city of Rome falls to an enemy.

Rome is divided into two empires

395 BCE

Rome is divided into two empires. The Western Roman Empire is the name given to the western part of the Roman Empire after the administrative division began with the emperor Diocletian's tetrarchy and was consolidated by the emperor who divided it between his two sons: Arcadius was named emperor of the East and Honorius of the West. .

cristianismo

308 BCE

Theodosius I declares that Christianity is the only religion of the Roman Empire

Constantine

306 BCE

Constantine becomes emperor. Constantine would convert to Christianity and Rome would become a Christian empire. Before this, Rome persecuted Christians.

Hannibal

218 BCE

Hannibal invades Italy. Hannibal leads the Carthage army in his famous crossing of the Alps to attack Rome. This is part of the Second Punic War.

Hadrian's Wall

121 BCE

Hadrian's Wall or Wall is an old defensive construction on the island of Britain, built between the years 122 and 132 by order of the Roman emperor Hadrian to defend the British territory subdued, to the south of the wall, from the bellicose Picto tribes that extended further north of the wall, in what would later become Scotland following the invasion of the low-cut lines from Ireland.

Coliseo

80 BCE

El Coliseo o Anfiteatro Flavio es un anfiteatro de la época del Imperio romano, construido en el siglo I y ubicado en el centro de la ciudad de Roma. Su denominación original, Anfiteatro Flavio, hace referencia a la dinastía Flavia de emperadores que lo construyó; su nombre posterior, Coliseo, y por el que es más conocido en la actualidad, se debe a una gran estatua que había cerca, el Coloso de Nerón, que no ha llegado hasta nosotros. It can seat 50,000 spectators

Spartacus

73 BCE

Spartacus was a slave of Thracian origin, from the Maidoi tribe, 1 with probable location in the region of influence of Macedonia, according to Greek and Roman sources, the most important rebellion against the Roman Republic on Italic soil, which occurred between the years 73 a. C. and 71 a. C., known as the Third Servile War, Slave War, or Gladiator War.Spartacus leads the slaves in an uprising.

Much of Rome burns

64 BCE

Much of Rome burns. Legend has it that Emperor Nero saw the city burn as he played a lyre

The first dictator of Rome

45 BCE

Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome. Caesar makes his famous Crossing of the Rubicon and defeats Pompey in a civil war to become the supreme ruler of Rome. This signals the end of the Roman Republic.

Julius Caesar is assassinated

44 BCE

Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus. They hope to bring back the republic, but civil war breaks out.

Condemns Jesus Christ to death.

33 BCE

Pontius Pilate, the governor of Judaea, sentences Jesus Christ to death.

Roman Empire

27 BCE

The Roman Empire begins when Caesar Augustus becomes the first Roman emperor. The birth of the Empire is preceded by the expansion of its capital, Rome, which extended its control around the Mediterranean Sea.