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753 BCE
The Founding of Rome (the city)
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Period: 753 BCE to 476
Ancient Rome
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509 BCE
Founding of the Roman Republic
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Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE
Three Punic Wars with Carthage
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59 BCE
Julius Caesar made consul
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Period: 58 BCE to 51 BCE
Gallic Wars between Gaul and Rome
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44 BCE
Julius Caesar assassinated on the Ides of March
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1 CE
The Year Zero
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476
Fall of Western Roman Empire to Germanic invaders
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780
Dane invasion of England
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Period: 800 to 1000
Viking invasions of Europe
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874
Vikings reach Iceland
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982
Discovery of Greenland by Eric the Red
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1000
Landfall in North America by Leif Eriksson
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Period: 1100 to 1533
The Inca Empire
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Today