509BCE - 42BCE
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Updated: 19 Sep 2022
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Foundation of the Roman Republic.Lars Porsenna, Etruscan king
of Chiusi, lays siege to Rome.Migration of Claudii from Sabine lands to Rome.Battle of Lake Regillus between
Rome and the Latin League.The first temple dedicated to Saturn is constructed
in the Forum Romanum of Rome.Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, last
king of Rome, dies in exile at Cumae.
A temple is built in honour of Mercury
near Rome's Circus Maximus.Traditional date the office
of the tribuni plebis is created in Rome.Foedus Cassianus - treaty by
Spurius Cassius Vecellinus with
the Latin League after the Battle
of Lake Regillus.The first temple of the Dioscuri (Castor & Pollux)
is dedicated in Rome's Forum Romanum by Aulus
Postumius following his victory over the Latins at the Battle of Lake Regillus.Decemvirate and Publication
of Twelve Tables of Roman Law.Roman tale of mythical twins
Romulus and Remus first recorded.Rebuilding of Rome. Strong walls around the seven hills.Gauls sack Rome.
"Gallic Catastrophe:" Brennus
of the Senones defeats the Romans
at Allia, and subsequently sacks Rome.First Samnite War
(Rome vs. Samnites).Latin War, victory for Rome.Second Samnite War.The Via Appia, a famous
Roman road, is constructed.Third Samnite War between
Rome and the Samnite people.Roman victory over
Samnites, Gauls and
Umbrians at Sentinum.The Romans adopt the Greek god of
medicine Asclepius by stealing his sacred
snake from Epidaurus and setting up a
temple on the Tiber Island.Rome declares war on Carthage
after Hannibal sacks Saguntum in
Spain. The Second Punic War begins.Roman commander Marcus Claudius
Marcellus lays seige to and ultimately
sacks Syracuse.The earliest known Triumphal
Arches are built in Rome by L.Sertinius.The first basilica is added
to Rome's Forum Romanum.Rome defeats Macedon at Battle of Pydna.Rome puts Delos under the
jurisdiction of Athens and
makes the island a free port.First Roman all-marble building
is constructed, the temple of Jupiter
Stater in Rome.Gallia Narbonensis becomes
a Roman province.Gaius Marius reforms
the Roman army.Life of Gaius Julius Caesar,
founder of the Roman Empire.All poleis or city-states in Magna
Graecia come under Roman control.Sulla moves the Olympic
Games to Rome for a single
Olympiad.Pompey and Crassus
are made consuls.Livy's born.Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul.Julius Caesar begins
expeditions in Britain.
Pompey the Great builds
the first permanent stone
theatre in Rome.Forum of Caesar constructed in Rome by
Julius Caesar as another area to conduct
judicial business. It is the best surviving
of his monuments.Julius Caesar is murdered.Second Triumvirate:
Antony, Octavian, and
Lepidus (official approval
by the Roman Senate).
Mass proscriptions
including Cicero.Ovid is born.
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