Roman Historical Timeline By JUP@#5 771 BCE Birth of Romulus 753 BCE Rome is founded under a Monarchy 716 BCE Death of Romulus 509 BCE The last Roman Monarch overthrown and the Republic is founded 264 BCE Beginning of the First Punic War 241 BCE End of the First Punic War 218 BCE Beginning of the Second Punic War 202 BCE Battle of Zama 201 BCE End of the Second Punic War 149 BCE Beginning of the Third Punic War 146 BCE End of the Third Punic War 100 BCE Birth of Julius Caesar 60 BCE Founding of the First Triumvirate 58 BCE Beginning of the Gallic Wars 53 BCE Disbanding of the First Triumvirate 52 BCE Battle of Alesia 50 BCE End of the Gallic Wars 48 BCE Battle of Pharsalus 44 BCE Assassination of Julius Caesar 43 BCE Founding of the Second Triumvirate 42 BCE Battle of Philippi 32 BCE Disbanding of the Second Triumvirate 31 BCE Battle of Actium 27 BCE The Roman Republic ends with Augustus Caesar declared as Emperor 27 BCE Beginning of 'Pax Romana' 1 CE Birth of Christ 14 Tiberius replaces Augustus as Emperor 37 Caligula replaces Tiberius as Emperor 41 Claudius replaces Caligula as Emperor 54 Nero replaces Claudius as Emperor 68 Vespassian emerges from Civil War as Emperor 79 Eruption of Mount Vesuvius 79 Titus replaces Vespasian as Emperor 80 Completion of the Colosseum 81 Domitian replaces Titus as Emperor 96 Nerva replaces Domitian as Emperor 98 Trajan replaces Nerva as Emperor 117 Hadrian replaces Trajan as Emperor 138 Antoninus Pius replaces Hadrian as Emperor 161 Marcus Aurelius replaces Antoninus Pius as Emperor 180 End of 'Pax Romana' 180 Commodus replaces Marcus Aurelius as Emperor 195 Septimius Severus usurps the throne 270 Beginning of Aurelian's reign 275 End of Aurelian's reign 280 Beginning of Constantine's reign 280 Beginning of Constantine's reign 284 Beginning of Diocletian's reign 305 End of Diocletian's reign 337 End of Constantine's reign 475 Beginning of Romulus Augustulus's reign 476 Fall of the Western Roman Empire 476 Romulus Augustulus is deposed by Odoacer