Timeline of Roman History By hello1314 753 BCE Founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus Period: 650 BCE to 480 BCE Etruscan Rule Period: 509 BCE to 264 BCE Roman Republic 450 BCE Publication of the Twelve Tables 264 BCE First Punic War With Carthage Period: 264 BCE to 133 BCE Roman Conquest of the Mediterranean 146 BCE Destruction of Carthage 133 BCE Reforms of Tiberius Gracchus 133 BCE Decline and Fall of the Roman Republic (133-131 BCE) 122 BCE Reforms of Gaius Gracchus 82 BCE Sulla as Dictator (82-79BCE) 60 BCE First Triumvirate 49 BCE Caesar Crosses the Rubicon 47 BCE Caesar Named Dictator (47-44 BCE) 44 BCE Caesar assassinated by Senate 43 BCE Second Triumvirate 43 BCE Cicero Killed 31 BCE Octavian defeats Anthony Period: 29 BCE to 14 Age of Augustus 1 CE Jesus 5 Paul (5-67) Period: 14 to 180 Early Empire Period: 14 to 68 Julio-Claudian Rulers 37 Tiberius (14-37) 37 Caligula (37-41) 41 Claudius: (41-54) 54 Nero (54-68) 64 Conflaguration Period: 69 to 96 Flavians 79 Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius 96 Nerva (96-98) Period: 96 to 180 Pax Romana Period: 96 to 180 Five Good Emperors 97 Trajan (97-117) 117 Hadrian and His Wall (117-138) 138 Antoninus Pius (138-161) 161 Marcus Aurelius (161-180) 212 Roman Citizenship To All Free Romans 212 Roman Citizenship To All Free Romans 284 Diocletian as Leader (284-305) 306 Constantine as Leader (306-337) 312 Constantine's Conversion to Christianity 313 Edict of Milan 395 Division of Roman Empire