Roman Timeline

Etruscan's reached Northern Italy

1200 BCE

The Etruscan's were a very powerful group of people that built many city states across Rome. When the Romans started to takeover, their power began to weaken. Many say that the Romans picked up a few things from the Etruscan's such as forms of art, architecture and the way that they dressed.

Greek established colonies throughout Southern Italy

800 BCE

Not only were colonies created throughout areas in Greece but they looked beyond and established colonies in the Mediterranean. Greek set up about 500 colonies consisting of about 60,000 Greek colonist. This had an impact on the trading of goods, art and people.

Romulus killed his twin brother Remus

753 BCE

Romulus and Remus were twin brothers that were better known as the founders of Rome. They were found by a she wolf who cared for them until they were taken in by a family. Throughout the years they began to argue on where the location of their new city would be. Romulus felt mocked by his brother and as a result he killed him and founded the city of Roma named after himself.

Rome as a Monarchy

Period: 753 BCE to 509 BCE

During this time period, the Etruscan's had a great impact on Rome because the built with stone, mined iron and made weapons. There were many achievements as well, the Romans drained swamps and traded with other groups as well.

Rome as an Empire

Period: 753 BCE to 27 BCE

Rome as an Empire was an important time where Octavian was emperor and wanted to be able to achieve his set goals. There was a very stable government and lots of networks relating to trade. Social classes had an impact of peoples lives and literature and philosophy were big during this period.

Jewish religion consolidated in Jerusalem

580 BCE

Jerusalem is home for many religious traditions and practices. The temple that was built in Jerusalem was were the nation was governed. When the Jewish religion consolidated in Jerusalem this was known as the Second Temple period.

Romans created the system of government by the senate and assembly

509 BCE

The Romans chose to run their government system as a Republic. This was done once the Romans overruled the Etruscan's and changed how things were going to be done. There was a senate and an assembly.

Tarquinius Superbus was overthrown

509 BCE

He was the final ruler of Rome, his actions of constant building had upset most of the Roman population. Tarquinius attempted to defeat Rutuli but ended up unsuccessful. After his exile he made a few attempts to try an get his position on the thrown back by family, use of arms and military.

Rome as a republic

Period: 509 BCE to 27

Rome as a republics population was filled with plebeians, they also had magistrates that carried out operations of government. Tribunes were used to represent plebeians and the important magistrates were two chosen consuls. during this time, the laws of the Twelve tables was displayed which was a set of laws that dealt with all aspects of life. Rome also captured Carthage which gave it way more power.

Laws of the twelve tables is displayed

450 BCE

The Twelve Tables were the first attempt at putting together a group of laws and also the start of literature.These laws covered almost every aspect of life such as, business, property and crimes. More laws were created as time went on and they were needed.

Plebeians won the right to become full citizens

287 BCE

Plebeians were a lower and less powerful group of individuals that wanted to be able to have a say in government. Once the gained the right to become full citizens they were granted with assemblies and officials which acted as a court system that was used to solve issues.

Rome controlled the entire Italian Peninsula

275 BCE

Rome finally took over Italy after a series of wars and became known as one of the most powerful states in Italy. More and more territories were conquered and added to the growth of Rome.

Romans defeated a Greek army to protect Greek colonies

275 BCE

After defeating their main rivals which was Carthage, the Romans wanted more and more. They decided to take over Corinth as well and completely destroyed it like they did with Carthage.

Start of the Punic Wars

264 BCE

There was three wars, the first one ended with Rome in control of Sicily and Corsica. The second one ended with Rome controlling the western Mediterranean and most of Spain. After the third Punic war Rome captured Carthage.

Rome defeated Maccedonia

215 BCE

These wars were pertaining to the Romans battling with the Greeks. One out of the four wars ended very indecisively. While Rome was fighting with Carthage a Macedonian king went on to attack Romes ideal states.

Rome captured Carthage

146 BCE

Carthage broke its treaty with Rome when it decided to declare war resulting in the third Punic war. Even though it was smaller compared to the first and second war, the Romans completely destroyed the whole city.

Spartacus Rebelion

73 BCE

Spartacus held one of the largest rebellions related to slaves ever. What he did inspired many political thinkers and is still viewed in moves and literature today. Most slaves wanted to discover more of Italy rather than to escape north like Spartacus wanted to help them do.

Julius Caesar became a Dictator for life

46 BCE

Julius Caesar has had positive and negative impacts on Rome during his time of rule. He dealt with debt throughout Rome and unemployment. He tried his best to solve these ongoing issues and his solutions continued even after his death.

Ides of March, Julius Caesar was killed

44 BCE

This event led to the death of Julius Caesar, most said he was a good leader that was brave and had a good view on war and politics. He was assassinated by political rivals in Rome on the steps of the senate.

Romans captured Jerusalem

37 BCE

Future Emperor Titus was the leader of this attack to conquer Jerusalem which also led to the destruction of the second temple. The first temple was destroyed earlier in time and these accomplishments are still celebrated in Rome.

Battle of Actium

31 BCE

During this battle roman leader Octavian was victorious against Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The civil war started due to the death of Julius Caesar. Octavian was a very successful emperor and worked towards peacefully expanding Rome until his death at age 75.

Pax Romana

27 BCE

This time period was known as the Roman peacetime. It all started when Octavian became the new leader. At this point the Roman Empire had reached its climax for land and population. Government was stable and citizens were secure.

Tiberius became emperor

14

He became emperor once his adoptive father died and control was passed to him.Tiberius was another one who fought Octavian during the Civil war. The way he handled things were quite violent, he did not attempt any new conquest and stopped the waste of imperial treasury.

Crucifixion of Jesus

33

The Crucifixion of Jesus is described in the four Gospels or referred to as the New Testament. Followers of Jesus continued to spread his ways throughout Rome. The exact way that Jesus was crucified is varied between different religions.

Fire destroyed much of Rome

64

Nero was the reason for this great fire that destroyed much of Rome but instead of owning up to his actions he blamed the Christians for it. Most of the population tried to spread outside of the city while the fire rapidly was spreading and burning down everything.

Building of the Colosseum

80

The idea to build this amazing structure was originated from an Emperor named Vespasian. After his death his son Titus took on the completion of this project and later the games began to take place.

Romans placed a colony and temple in Jeruslem

132

There was a first temple that was built but was soon to be destroyed by the Babylonians. The second temple was authorized by Cyrus the great and took 23 years to finish. Herod the great found the temple and renovated it till it was later destroyed by the Romans.

Commodus succeed his father Marcus Auclious (Imperial power begins)

180

Commodus was an emperor for a little while and was a co-emperor until his fathers death. He was the last remaining out of all his older brothers, so it was important to keep him healthy. He was the youngest male to become a consul at the young age of 15.

Numerous Emperors killed by revolts

211

During certain emperors time of rule, most of them were killed on purpose to bring them and their city states down. It was very rare that a ruler was died a natural death, most of the time people were out to get them whether it was to weaken their power of too takeover.

Village on Rome was founded

Oct 4, 753

Rome was found by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus. The city was named Rome after Romulus once he killed his brother Remus over an argument of where the location of their city state would be. Since it was a small city state, it lacked many features of a well growing city state.