Timeline of the Roman Republic By samcrognale 753 BCE Rome was Founded 509 BCE Roman Monarchy Overthrown 443 BCE Office of the Censor Founded 439 BCE Second Dictatorship of Cincinnatus 343 BCE The Samnite Wars Begin 304 BCE The Samnite Wars End 280 BCE Pyrrhus Invades Italy 272 BCE Pyrrhus Surrenders 264 BCE Beginning of the First Punic War 241 BCE End of First Punic War 218 BCE Second Punic War Starts 216 BCE Roman Loss at Battle of Cannae 202 BCE Carthage is Defeated at Zama 201 BCE Second Punic War Ends 133 BCE The Death of Tribune of the Plebs Tiberius Gracchus 104 BCE Marius was elected consul for the first of three years in a row. 88 BCE Sulla's march on Rome 71 BCE Third Servile War Ends with Spartacus' Death 63 BCE Pompey conquers Jerusalem 63 BCE The Catiline Conspiracy 59 BCE Julius Caesar is Elected Consul 55 BCE Caesar's Civil War Ends 53 BCE Caesar Invades Britain 49 BCE Caesar Crosses Rubicon into Italy 44 BCE Julius Caesar Assassinated 42 BCE Civil War Begins 42 BCE Civil War Ends with Brutus' Death 31 BCE Augustus' War with Antony Begins 30 BCE Province of Egypt is Annexed 30 BCE War Ends with Death of Antony and Cleopatra 27 BCE Augustus Granted his Title 27 BCE Roman Republic Collapses