History Timeline

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  • Period: 1000 BCE to 500 BCE

    The earliest settlers were said to have arrived in Rome

    Latins, the Greeks, and the Etruscans.
  • Year Romulus and Remus founded Rome
    753 BCE

    Year Romulus and Remus founded Rome

  • Period: 750 BCE to 600 BCE

    Year the Greeks arrived in Rome

  • 509 BCE

    Year Roman Republic begins

  • Period: 500 BCE to 500

    The duration of years associated with “Ancient Rome”

  • Twelve Tablets Written
    451 BCE

    Twelve Tablets Written

  • Year by which Rome had conquered all of Italy
    265 BCE

    Year by which Rome had conquered all of Italy

  • Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE

    First Punic War

  • Period: 218 BCE to 216 BCE

    Second Punic War

  • Period: 161 BCE to 180 BCE

    Duration of rule for Marcus Aurelius

  • Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE

    Third Punic War

  • 70 BCE

    Year by which Rome had achieved dominance over the Mediterranean Sea and surrounding areas

  • Julius Caesar is elected as consul
    59 BCE

    Julius Caesar is elected as consul

  • Period: 58 BCE to 50 BCE

    Years Julius Caesar and his legion lead successful campaign to capture all of Gaul

  • Period: 56 BCE to 69 BCE

    Duration of the First Triumvirate

    when JC ruled Rome along with Crassus and Pompey
  • Period: 54 BCE to 63 BCE

    Duration of rule for Nero

  • 44 BCE

    Year Julius Caesar is named dictator for life

  • Year and date Julius Caesar is killed
    44 BCE

    Year and date Julius Caesar is killed

    March 15
  • Period: 43 BCE to 53 BCE

    Duration of the Second Triumvirate

    Caesar’s 18-year-old grandnephew and adopted son Octavian
    joined with an experienced general named Mark Antony and a powerful politician named Lepidus.
  • 31 BCE

    Year that Octavian defeats Mark Anthony and Cleopatra

  • 27 BCE

    Year associated with start of Roman Empire

  • 27 BCE

    Year associated with start of Roman Empire

  • 27 BCE

    Year associated with start of Roman Empire

  • 27 BCE

    Year when Augustus began rule

  • Period: 27 BCE to 180

    Period of Pax Romana

  • 1 CE

    Year of final Jewish rebellion and start of diasporaYear of final Jewish rebellion and start of diaspora

  • Period: 4 to 6

    Birth of Jesus

  • 6

    Year Rome takes control of Jewish kingdom, making it apart of Roman Empire

  • 14

    Year of Augustus’s death

  • 29

    Death of Jesus

  • Period: 37 to 41

    Duration of rule for Caligula

  • 46

    Year Julius Caesar returns to Rome and is named dictator

  • Period: 66 to 70

    Year that Jewish temple destroyed by Romans for the last time

  • 79

    Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii

  • 79

    eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii

  • Period: 81 to 96

    Duration of rule for Domitian

  • 117

    ear by which Roman Empire existed from Spain to Mesopotamia and North Africa to Britain

  • 117

    Roman Empire existed from Spain to Mesopotamia and North Africa to Britain

  • Period: 161 to 180

    Duration of rule for Marcus Aurelius

  • 250

    Year when Roman persecution of Christians begins

  • 284

    Rule of Diocletian

  • 284

    Attila the Hun starts to enter frontier regions of Roman Empire

  • 284

    Roman Empire permanently split into Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire

  • 309

    Rule of Constantine

  • 313

    Year Constantine accepts Christianity

  • 313

    Year of Edict of Milan

    Proclamation for the religious toleration of Christianity.
  • 325

    Year of Nicene Creed

    Prayer in which was symbol of faith widely used by all christians..
  • 380

    Year when Christianity made official religion of Roman empire

  • 406

    Vandals attack Gaul

  • 410

    Visigoths begin attacking the Roman army

  • 447

    Attila the Hun starts to enter frontier regions of Roman Empire

  • 476

    Year Western Roman Empire fell

    Fell to the German leader Odoacer
  • Mar 17, 1453

    Eastern Roman Empire was overrun by Ottoman Turks

  • Mar 17, 1453

    Year when Eastern Roman Empire was overrun by Ottoman Turks

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