Roman timeline By Aナナコ 44 BCE Julius Caesar's Assassination 27 BCE Augustus Caesar rise of Roman Empire 30 Crucifixion of Jesus 35 Paul converts to Christianity 101 Under Trajan, Roman Empire reaches its greatest size 180 Death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius; beginning of decline of Empire 200 Second Macedonian War: A Roman fleet arrived in Illyria to relieve a Macedonian siege of Abydos. 218 Second Punic War: A Carthaginian army departed Cartagena. 280 Pyrrhic War: An Epirote army of some twenty-five thousand landed at Taranto. 313 Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity