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The God of War named Mars gave birth to twin sons named Romulus and Remus. Romulus named the city Rome after he killed his brother Remus -
The last king is overthrown and Rome is now ruled by elected officials called senators. There is a constitution with laws and a complex republican government. -
The Law of the XII Tables was a legal text that contained norms to regulate the coexistence of the Roman people. It also received the name of Decemviral Law. Due to its content, it is said that it belongs more to private law than to public law. It was the first code of antiquity that contained regulations on censorship -
Two quaestors are elected for the first time. Quaestors supervised the treasury, armies, financial affairs, and army officials.
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Hannibal leads the Carthage army in his famous crossing of the Alps to attack Rome. This is part of the Second Punic war. -
when Scipio Aemilianus Africanus, also is known as Scipio Africanus the Younger destroys the cities of Carthage and Corinth. After the destruction of ancient Greece, the ancient Romans begin to adopt ancient Greek culture into their society. -
He institutes the Marian Reforms of the Military. These reforms established a standing army and drafting of non-property owners into the army. -
leads the slaves in an uprising. -
He was also the first ancient Roman general to reach the Euphrates River securing new colonies along the way that increased the annual income of the Roman Empire. -
Cesar makes his famous Crossing of the Rubicon and defeats Pompey in a civil war to become the supreme ruler of Rome. This signals the end of the Roman Republic.
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They hope to bring back the republic, but civil war breaks out. -
The Roman Empire begins as Cesar Augustus become to the first roman emperor -
Much of Rome burns. Legend has it that Emperor Nero watched the city burn while playing a lyre.
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One of the great examples of Roman engineering is finished. It can seat 50,000 spectators. -
Hadrian's Wall was the north-west frontier of the Roman empire for nearly 300 years. It was built by the Roman army on the orders of the emperor Hadrian following his visit to Britain -
Constantine would convert to Christianity and Rome would become a Christian empire. Prior to this Rome persecuted the Christians. -
Theodosius I declares Christianity to be the sole religion of the Roman Empire.
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Rome into two sections to try and stabilize the empire. For 100 years, Rome experienced more divisions and in 395, it finally became The Western Empire and The Eastern Empire. This division changed Roman life and government forever. -
This is the first time in 800 years that the city of Rome has fallen to an enemy.
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The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This signals the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.
