The Roman Empire

  • 753 BCE

    Rome was founded

    Based on traditions and legends, this is the year when Rome was founded my Romolus, and the first year of the Roman calendar.
  • 510 BCE

    Roman Republic

    The Kingdom of Rome ends and becomes a republic.
  • 450 BCE

    12 tables

    The twelve tables were created and published, which are the basic laws of the Roman rebublic,
  • 367 BCE

    Licinius' controls

    He limited the number of the lands a person could own.
  • 287 BCE

    The end of a political problem

    The Comitia Curiata, the patricians and the assembly of plebeians becomes one tribe, and they made the laws together (or at least in theory).
  • 60 BCE

    The First Triumvirate

    Julius Caesar, Pompeius and Crassus founded the First Triumvirate, because they realised they should work together in the interest of gaining more power.
  • 48 BCE

    Civil war

    Caesar crossed the boarder of Italia with his army, which caused a civil war.
  • 44 BCE

    Death of Caesar

    Julius Caesar was murdered by his adopted son, Brutus and a few other people.
  • 43 BCE

    The Second Triumvirate

    The Second Triumvirate was formed by Mark Anthony, Octavian and Lepidus to take revenge on the murderers of Caesar.
  • 42 BCE

    The revenge

    The members of the Second Triumvirate achieved their goal and defeated Brutus and Cassius at Philippi.
  • 395

    The empire was divided

    Emperor Theodosius divided the Roman Empire into two parts, an eastern and a western side.
  • 451

    The attack of Attila

    Attila attacks the Roman Empire through Germany and causes a huge destruction.
  • 476

    The fall of the Roman Empire

    Rololus Augustulus,the last Western Roman emperor stopped ruling, so this year is known as the end of the Roman Empire, and the first year of the Middle Ages at the same time.