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This is the founding of one of the longing lasting civilizations
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after the seven kings, Rome begins the Republic period
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The first written law was the "Law of the Twelve Tables".
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Roman forces were allowed to retreat by a Samnite army.
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A Roman army destroyed the majority of samnite forces, probably in modern Agnone.
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Hannibal of Carthage attacks Rome and invades Italy
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Roman forces breached the city of Carthage, burned it, and enslaved its surviving inhabitants.
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Rebellion waged by ancient Rome's Italian allies who, denied the Roman franchise,fought for independence.
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A band of Cilician pirates in the Aegean Sea captured Julius Caesar, who had been on his was to study oratory in Rhodes.
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Spartacus and his men were caught and crucified.
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Julius Caesar becomes consul an important event in the History of Rome.
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Caesar landed at Durres in pursuit of Pompey and his partisans the optimates
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When Julius Caesar wins Civil War, he establishes himself as a dictator for life and supreme ruler of Rome, thus ending the Roman Republic.
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On March 15th, known today as the Ides of March, Caesar is assassinated on the steps of the Senate by factions wishing to bring back the Republic.
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Octavian Defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra at The Battle of Actium
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Even though Caesar was a dictator, the first leader to call himself "Emperor" or Augustus was Octavius.
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Roman forces are humiliated at The Battle of Teutoburg Forest
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Most of the city destroyed in the vast fire. Emperor Nero has often been blames, but modern scholarship doubts this.
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One of the most iconic ancient buildings in Rome, the completion of the structure was a massive celebration.
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Rome invaded Dacia
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lasting more than 500 years,the Roman Empire was, at its peak
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A wall was built across the North of England and marked the northern boundary of the Roman Empire.
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Diocletian becomes emperor bringing an end to the 'Crisis of the Third Century'.
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This marks a change in the way that Christians were treated in Rome. Constantine himself became a Christian.
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Constantine The Great became the Western Roman Emperor. His Proclamation legalized Christianity and allowed for freedom of worship throughout the empire.
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This will have an effect on the rest of European history to the present day.
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In an effort to make administration of the vast empire easier, Rome becomes two separate empires with capitals and two rulers.
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This marks the beginning of the fatal weakening of Rome that would lead to its downfall.
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The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is deposed and the Middle Ages begin.
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The Byzantine Empire comes to an end as it falls to the Ottoman Empire.
