Historical Timeline By janyce.maree 753 BCE Founding of Rome by Romulus after Killing Remus, Monarchy beginning 509 BCE Monarchy end, Republic beginning 264 BCE First Punic War Begins 241 BCE First Punic War Ends, With Roman Victory 218 BCE Second Punic War Begins, with Hannibal leading Carthage Army 202 BCE Battle of Zama, final battle of 2nd Punic War 201 BCE Second Punic War ends, with Carthaginian defeat 149 BCE Third Punic War Begins 146 BCE Third Punic War Ends 100 BCE Julius Caesar Born 60 BCE Pompey, Crassus and Julius Caesar formed alliance known as First Triumvirate 58 BCE Gallic Wars Begin 52 BCE Siege of Alesia, last major engagement between Gaul’s and Romans 51 BCE Gallic Wars end with surrender of Vercingetorix 48 BCE Battle of Pharsalus, Caesar defeats Pompey 44 BCE Julius Caesar assassinated 43 BCE Ocatavius, Lepidus, and Mark Antony form 2nd Triumvirate 42 BCE Battle of Philippi, Antony & Octavian, defeat Brutus and Cassius 27 BCE Republic end, Empire Beginning, Pax Romana Begins Period: 27 BCE to 14 Augustus’s reign 3 BCE Jesus Christ is Born in Bethlehem Period: 14 to 37 Tiberius’s reign Period: 37 to 41 Caligula’s reign Period: 41 to 54 Claudius’s reign Period: 54 to 68 Nero’s reign Period: 69 to 79 Vespasian’s reign 79 Eruption of Vesuvius, which covered Pompeii in Ash Period: 79 to 81 Titus’s reign 80 Completion of the Colosseum Period: 81 to 96 Domitian’s reign Period: 96 to 98 Nerva’s reign Period: 98 to 117 Trajan’s reign Period: 117 to 138 Hadrian’s reign Period: 138 to 161 Antoninus Pius’s reign Period: 161 to 180 Marcus Aurelius’s reign 180 Pax Romana ends Period: 193 to 211 Septimius Severus reign Period: 270 to 275 Aurelian’s reign Period: 284 to 305 Diocletian’s reign Period: 311 to 337 Constantine’s reign Period: 475 to 476 Romulus Augustulus’s reign
