Roman History By NOlson05 753 BCE Rome/Roman monarchy founded by Romulus 716 BCE Romulus dies 509 BCE Monarchy overthrown/ Republic formed 264 BCE Punic Wars begin 202 BCE Battle of Zama 146 BCE Punic Wars end 100 BCE Julius Caesar born 60 BCE First Triumvirate formed 58 BCE Gallic Wars begin 53 BCE First Triumvirate ends 52 BCE Battle of Alesia 51 BCE Gallic Wars end 48 BCE Battle of Pharsalus 44 BCE Julius Caesar dies 44 BCE Julius Caesar dies 43 BCE Second Triumvirate formed 42 BCE Battle of Phillipi 32 BCE Second Triumvirate ends 31 BCE Battle of Actium/end of Roman Republic/Roman Empire formed/ beginning of Augustus' reign 27 BCE Pax Romana 1 CE Christ born 14 End of of Augustus' reign/beginning of Tiberius' reign 37 End of Tiberius' reign/beginning of Calligula's reign 41 End of Calligula's reign/beginning of Claudius' reign 54 End of Claudius' reign/ beginning of Nero's reign 68 End of Nero's reign/beginning of Vespasian's reign 72 Completion of Colosseum 79 Eruption of Vesuvius/Vespasian's reign ends/Titus' reign begins 81 Titus' reign ends/Domitian's reign begins 96 Nerva's reign begins 98 Nerva's reign ends/Trajan's begins 117 Trajan's reign ends/ Hadrian's begins 138 Hadrian's reign ends/Antonius Pius' reign begins 161 Antonius Pius' reign ends/Marcus Aurelius' reign begins 180 Marcus Aurelius' 193 Septimus Severus' reign begins 211 Septimus Severus' reign ends 270 Aurelian's reign begins 275 Aurelian's reign ends 284 Diocletian's reign begins 305 Diocletian's reign ends 306 Constantine's reign begins 337 Constantine's reign ends 475 Romulus Augustulus' reign begins 476 Romulus Augustulus' reign ends/end of Roman Empire