Ancientrome

Roman Timeline

  • Romulus became the first king of Rome
    753 BCE

    Romulus became the first king of Rome

    Romulus killed his brother Remus for control of creating their own city on the river's bank
  • Rome's era as a monarchy ended
    509 BCE

    Rome's era as a monarchy ended

    Rome's seventh king was overthrown, collapsing it's government
  • First Roman law
    450 BCE

    First Roman law

    Roman forum displayed the Twelve Tables(first laws)
  • Political power in the senat
    300 BCE

    Political power in the senat

    included only members of patrician and wealthy plebeian families
  • Romans gained Italian peninsula
    264 BCE

    Romans gained Italian peninsula

    Camilus became military leader
  • First Roman literacy
    240 BCE

    First Roman literacy

    Rome's culture grew with contact with advanced cultures such as the Greeks