jey - Timeline

Rome was founded

The Marian-Sullan Wars

264-241: War with Carthage (First Punic War)

First Servile War prompted by slave revolts

Slave uprising led by the gladiator called Spartacus

Julius Caesar was Assasinated

The Triumvirate of Marc Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian (later known as Caesar Augustus) became the Rules of Rome.

Antony and Cleopatra are defeated by Octavian in the battle of Actium

Fire destroyed much of Rome

The death of Nero ended the infamous Julio-Claudian dynasty

The Roman emperors start to build the Coliseum in Rome as a place of gladiatorial combat.

The last Roman Emperor was Romulus Augustulus who was defeated by Odoacer who was a German Goth