Roman Republic

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  • 509 B.C.

    Romans overthrow Tarquin and set up a Republic

  • 450 B.C.

    Romans start writing down their laws by making the Twelve Tables

  • 290 B.C.

    Rome became leading power in central Italy

  • 275 B.C.

    Rome rules the whole peninsula

  • 264 B.C.

    First Punic War began

  • 241 B.C.

    End of the First Punic War

  • 218 B.C.

    Second Punic War began

  • 201 B.C.

    End of the Second Punic War

  • 149 B.C.

    Rome attacks Carthage and destroyes it.

  • 146 B.C.

    Rome rules most of the Mediterranean

  • 135 B.C.

    Rome is in a great deal of economical trouble

  • 60 B.C.

    Caesar becomes triumvirate

  • 58 B.C.

    Caesor is named governer of a Roman Province.

  • 46 B.C.

    Julius Caesar becomes dictator of the Roman Republic

  • 44 B.C.

    Julius Caesar is stabbed to death in the Senate room.

  • 31 B.C.

    Octavian became sole ruler of the Roman Empire.