Timeline of Roman History

  • 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