Events
753 BCE
City of Rome is founded600 BCE
Etruscans capture Rome509 BCE
Roman Republic established312 BCE
Highways & aqueducts begin to be built in the Roman Empire221 BCE
Hannibal marches on Rome in what becomes the Second Punic War. After 19 years, Hannibal is defeated.146 BCE
Rome begins conquest of Greece & Asia Minor73 BCE
Spartacus leads a slave revolt & threatens Rome45 BCE
Julius Caesar becomes dictator (for life) of Rome44 BCE
End of the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar assassinated.27 BCE
Caesar Augustus becomes the first Emperor of Rome & begins the Pax Romana70 CE
Mt. Vesuvius erupts & buries the city of Pompeii476 CE
Western Roman Empire ends & is divided into several small kingdoms395 CE
Roman Empire divided into Eastern & Western Roman Empires313 BCE
Christianity accepted in Rome. Over 300 years after the birth of Jesus, c. 3 BCE394 CE
Civil War in the Roman Empire, the end of the Pax Romana & the start of the decline of Rome330 CE
Capital of Roman Empire moved from Rome to ConstantinoplePeriods
753-509 BCE
Founding & Kingdom509-44 BCE Republic44 BCE- 200 CE
Empire200-476 CE
Decline
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