Roman History Timeline
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1200
753
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753
715
672
640
616
578
534
509
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509
451
390
275
264
133
83
60
49
44
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AD
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455
476
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Roman Prehistory/Mythological
Legendary fall of Troy – Aeneas escapes/Aeneas lands in Italy and wars with Latin tribes
Legendary founding of Rome – by Romulus
Roman Monarchy
Romulus – 1st King –Founded Senate 100 men (Patres)
Numa Pompilius – 2nd King – built first temples in Rome
Tullus Hostilius -3rd King – built Senate House (Curia)
Ancus Martius – 4th King – built Ostia, 1st bridge across Tiber
Tarquinius Priscus 5th King – Etruscan born - built Cloaca Maxima, Circus Maximus
Servius Tullius – Etruscan - founded Democratic assemblies
Tarquinius Superbus –7th King - Etruscan - tyrannical
Romans overthrow Etruscan kings, Establishes a Republic
Roman Republic
Early Republic
Beginning of Republic with elected officials
Twelve Tables – Roman law
Gauls sack Rome
Rome controls most of the Italian peninsula
Middle Republic
264- 149 Punic Wars against Carthaginians, Carthage eventually destroyed
Romans control Mediterranean coasts of Spain, France, Greec, Turkey, N. Africa
1st Civil War – Marius and Sulla
Late Republic
1st Triumvirate – Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus/ Gallic Wars 58-49
2nd Civil War – Julius Caesar & Pompey
Julius Caesar assassinated by Senators – 3rd Civil War Octavian & Marc Antony
Roman Empire
Beginning of Empire – Octavian is named Augustus - 1st Emperor – Pax Romana
Emperors continue expansion – invade Germany, Britain, Asia Minor, Jerusalem
Vesuvius eruption – destruction of Pompeii & Herculaneum
Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum) finished/ Persecution of Christians begins and
continues for a couple of centuries
Diocletian – Empire split into East and West – 2 Co-Emperors
Constantine – ends persecution of Christians -- changes capital to Constantinople 330
Barbarian invasions weaken Rome – Huns, Vandals, and Gauls
Last Emperor of the West is overthrown - Fall of the Western Roman Empire
The Eastern Roman Empire becomes the Byzantium Empire – In 1453 it is conquered by
the Ottoman Turks