Rome was founded

By Juan Kraus
  • 3000 BCE

    3000

  • 753 BCE

    Rome was founded

    Rome was founded by Romulus and his twin brother Remus
  • Period: 753 BCE to 509 BCE

    Monarchy

  • Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE

    Republic

  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar death

  • Period: 27 BCE to 476

    Empire

  • 79

    The disaster of Pompeii

  • 285

    The empire divided

  • 476

    Fall of the Western Roman Empire

  • 1095

    The First Crusade

    The First Crusade was the most successful. Armies from Europe drove out the Turks and took control of Jerusalem.
  • 1146

    The Second Crusade

    The city of Edessa was conquered by the Turks. The entire population was killed or sold into slavery. Then a second Crusade was launched, but was unsuccessful.
  • 1202

    The Fourth Crusade

    The Fourth Crusade was formed by Pope Innocent III with the hope of taking back the Holy Land. However, the Crusaders got sidetracked and greedy and ended up conquering and plundering Constantinople instead.
  • 1212

    Children's Crusade

    Started by a French child named Stephen of Cloyes and a German kid named Nicholas, tens of thousands of children gathered to march to the Holy Land. This ended in total disaster. None of the children made it to the Holy Land and many were never seen again. They were likely sold into slavery.
  • 1217

    Crusades Five through Nine

    Over the next several years there would be 5 more Crusades. None of them would be very successful in terms of gaining control of the Holy Land.
  • 1453

    Fall of the Bizantine Empire