Timeline: Roman Timeline

1000 BCE

Earliest Settlers Arrive in Rome

Latins, Greeks, and Etruscans arrive on the Italic peninsula. The Latins would go on to found the city of Rome on Palatine Hill.

753 BCE

Legendary Founding of Rome

According to legend, Rome was founded by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus.
By Benutzer:Wolpertinger on WP de - Own book scan from Emmanuel Müller-Baden (dir.), Bibliothek des allgemeinen und praktischen Wissens, I, Deutsches Verlaghaus Bong & Co, Berlin-Leipzig-Wien-Stuttgart, 1904. Image copied from de:Bild:Kapitolinische-woelfin 1b-640x480.jpg, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=190611

509 BCE

Roman Republic Begins

The Republic began when the Romans drove from power their tyrannical king, Tarquin the Proud.

451 BCE

Twelve Tablets Written

265 BCE

Rome Conquers all of Italy

264 BCE

First Punic War (264-241)

For control of Sicily and the western Mediterranean. Roman victory.

Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE

Punic Wars

Rome vs. Carthage

218 BCE

Second Punic War (218-201)

Led by Hannibal, as revenge for Carthage's earlier defeat.
Roman victory.

149 BCE

Third Punic War (149-146)

Romans laid siege to Carthage. in 146 BC, the city was burned and its inhabitants sold into slavery. Territory was made a Roman province

70 BCE

Rome Achieves Dominance

Over the Mediterranean Sea and Surrounding Areas

60 BCE

First Triumvirate (60-50 BC)

Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey

59 BCE

Julius Caesar Elected Consul

58 BCE

Caesar Leads Campaign to Capture Gaul (58-50 BC)

46 BCE

Caesar Returns to Rome, Named Dictator

44 BCE

Caesar Named Dictator for Life

44 BCE

Ides of March (March 15, 44 BC)

Julius Caesar is murdered on the Senate Floor by Marcus Brutus, Gaius Cassius, and other senators.

43 BCE

Second Triumvirate (43-33 BC)

Octavian, Lepidus, and Mark Antony form the Second Triumvrate

31 BCE

Octavian Defeats Cleopatra and Mark Antony

27 BCE

Start of Roman Empire

27 BCE

Augustus (Formerly Octavian) Begins His Reign

Period: 27 BCE to 180

Pax Romana

Period: 27 BCE to 395

Roman Empire

6 BCE

Birth of Jesus

Period: 6 BCE to 380

Judaism and Christianity

Judeo-Christian Culture and Rome

14

Augustus Dies

29

Death of Jesus

Period: 37 to 41

Caligula's Rule

Period: 54 to 68

Nero's Rule

70

Jewish Temple Destroyed by Romans for The Last Time

79

Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius

On May 24, 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying the city of Pompeii in volcanic ash.

Period: 81 to 98

Domitian's Rule

117

Roman Empire At Its Peak

By Tataryn - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0
From Spain to Mesopotamia and North Africa to Britain, the Roman Empire covers 3 million square miles, the population numbers between 60-80 million people, and about 1 million people live in the city of Rome alone.

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