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450 BCE
The Twelve Tables
the Law of the Twelve Tables was the legislation that stood at the foundation of Roman law. -
396 BCE
Romans gain control of the Italian Peninsula
The first major Roman conquest in historical times came with the final defeat of her Etruscan neighbor Vii in 396 BC. In 390 BC Celts from the north of Italy sacked Rome. -
264 BCE
1st Punic War
The First Punic War was the first of three wars fought between Ancient Carthage and the Roman Republic.he First Punic War was fought to establish control over the strategic islands of Corsica and Sicily. -
218 BCE
2nd Punic War
the War Against Hannibal, was the second of three wars between Carthage and the Roman Republic, with the participation of Greek polities and Numidian and Iberian forces on both sides -
157 BCE
Gaius Marius
was a strong and brave soldier and a skillful general popular with his troops, but he showed little flair for politics and was not a good public speaker -
149 BCE
3rd Punic War
the third and last of the Punic Wars fought between the former Phoenician colony of Carthage and the Roman Republic. The Punic Wars were named because of the Roman name for Carthaginians -
146 BCE
Romans gain control of the Eastern Mediterranean
The Roman Empire controlled all shores of the Mediterranean that stretch north to England and up to Rhine River in Germany east of Hungary also including Romania, Turkey, and all Near Coast -
123 BCE
The Gracchus Brothers
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus were a pair of tribunes of the plebs from the 2nd Century BCE who sought to introduce land reform and other populist legislation in ancient Rome. -
110 BCE
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
He had the distinction of holding the office of consul twice as well as reviving the dictatorship. Sulla was a skillful general achieving numerous successes in wars. -
58 BCE
Caesar in Gaul
hen Caesar's year as consul expired in 58 BC, he assumed the proconsulship of Cisalpine Gaul and Gallia Narbonensis o, as it was originally known Provincia, after which the Provençal region in southern France is named -
58 BCE
Caesar in Gaul
the Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns waged by the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against several Gallic tribes. -
53 BCE
The 1st Triumvirate
The First Triumvirate was an informal political alliance of three prominent men between 60 and 53 BC during the late Roman Republic Gaius. -
49 BCE
Caesar crossing the Rubicon
Julius Caesar's crossing the Rubicon river was an event in 49 BC that precipitated the Roman Civil War which ultimately led to Caesars becoming dictator for life and the rise of the imperial era of Rome. -
49 BCE
Caesar crossing the Rubicon
Julius Caesars crossing the Rubicon river was an event in 49 BC that precipitated the Roman Civil War which ultimately led to Caesars becoming dictator for life and the rise of the imperial era of Rome. -
44 BCE
The death of Caesar
this story of the most famous assassination in history the last bloody day of the Roman Republic has never been painted so brilliantly -
43 BCE
The 2nd Triumvirate
the Second Triumvirate is the name historians have given to the official political alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Marcus Antonius and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus -
31 BCE
The Battle of Actium
The Battle of Actium was the decisive confrontation of the Final War of the Roman Republic a naval engagement between Octavian and the combined forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra on 2 September 31 BC -
27 BCE
Octavian proclaimed Augustus Caesar
Augustus was a Roman statesman and military leader who was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire, controlling Imperial Rome from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. -
27 BCE
Founding of the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilization. It had a government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe
