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According to legend, the sons of Rhea Silvia, Romulus and Remus were the people who found Rome.
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At this time Rome became republic. At this time Rome had dictators and many wars against the slave revolts.
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The Laws of the Twelve Tables was Rome's earliest attempt to create a code of law. A commission of 10 men were appointed. Laws are important for an early empire as they keep thing calm and organized
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The sack of Rome was the worst recorded disaster in history of the early Roman republic. They were sacked at the battle of Allia.
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Italy was invaded by Hannibal in the 1st Punic War. Hannibal is a talented commander and was mostly known for he marched army from Iberia over the Pyrenees mountains and the Alps mountains into northern Italy and defeated the Romans in a series of battle
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At this time a new coinage was introduced which was the silver denarius. This coin would be the principle silver coin of Rome
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Roma destroys Carthage in the third Punic war which is now modern Tunisia. This was important to him because the series of wars against would eventually lead to their destruction.
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At this time he was made dictator for life and was called Father of the Country.
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The Roman Empire is founded by Augustus which is also the first emperor of the Empire
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Emperor Augustus is given the title of Pontifex Maximus after Marcus Aemilius Lepidus died. He also put an end to the election of the pontifices.
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During the night of July 18, 64 AD, fire broke out in the merchant area of the city of Rome. Rumors say that Emperor Nero commanded the fire and stood there playing his lyre but this was never confirmed.
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The Roman Colosseum started its construction in 70 CE. The structure was officially dedicated in 80 CE by Titus in a ceremony that included 100 days of games. The Colosseum is 157 feet high and 510 feet wide.
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The wall was built in 122 CE to keep away to keep barbarians away. The wall is 117 Km big stretching from Bowness-on-Solway in the west and Wallsend in the east.
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The Jews were given rules and a temple, but in the end they were still persecuted and sold to slavery. This sparked up a revolt and the Jews fought back. 132 CE- 135 CE
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Emperor Diocletian who ruled the Roman Empire from 284 to 305 CE believed that the empire was too big for one person to rule and divided it into a tetrarchy (rule of four) with an emperor (augustus) and a co-emperor (caesar) in both the east and west. Diocletian chose to rule the east. Young Constantine rose to power in the west when his father, Constantius, died
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In 306 CE Constantine became the first Christian Emperor. He ended the persecution of Christians
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In 324 CE Constantine wanted a new capital instead of Byzantium or Rome so we he went to find a find a spot and he did find which was named after him, Constantinople. He built is strategically so it can benefit from lots of things. It was the new capital or grand city.
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In 395,there was a separation from the western and eastern or the Roman Empire. They both had emperors of their own and would never reunite again.
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The Sack of Rome occurred on August 24, 410. The city was attacked by the Visigoths led by King Alaric. At that time, Rome was no longer the capital of the Western Roman Empire. The first time in 800 years, Rome has been defeated
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The end of the Western Roman empire and fall of Ancient Rome. Due to the split they were vulnerable to attack and the empires around started to take advantage of this.
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At this time the Byzantine empire falls to many thing like corruption, loss of faith, vulnerability, split of the empire but mostly due to the invasion of the Ottoman Empire. Later Constantinople is named to Istanbul.
