Roman History Timeline
Roman Prehistory/Mythological BC 1200 Legendary fall of Troy – Aeneas escapes/Aeneas lands in Italy and wars with Latin tribes 753 Legendary founding of Rome – by Romulus
Aeneas Fleeing Rome He is carrying his father, Anchises.
Romulus and Remus
Roman Monarchy BC 753Romulus – 1 st King –Founded Senate 100 men (Patres) 715Numa Pompilius – 2 nd King – built first temples in Rome 672Tullus Hostilius -3 rd King – built Senate House (Curia) 640Ancus Martius – 4 th King – built Ostia, 1 st bridge across Tiber 616Tarquinius Priscus 5 th King – Etruscan born - built Cloaca Maxima, Circus Maximus 578Servius Tullius – Etruscan - founded Democratic assemblies 534Tarquinius Superbus –7 th King - Etruscan - tyrannical 509Romans overthrow Etruscan kings, Establishes a Republic
Circus Maximus
Tarquinius Superbus !
Roman Republic Early Republic BC 509Beginning of Republic with elected officials 451Twelve Tables – Roman law 390Gauls sack Rome 275Rome controls most of the Italian peninsula
Scary Gauls
Roman Republic Middle Republic BC Punic Wars against Carthaginians, Carthage eventually destroyed 133 Romans control Mediterranean coasts of Spain, France, Greec, Turkey, N. Africa 83 1 st Civil War – Marius and Sulla
Hannibal and His Elephants
Roman Republic Late Republic BC 60 1 st Triumvirate – Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus/ Gallic Wars nd Civil War – Julius Caesar & Pompey 44 Julius Caesar assassinated by Senators – 3 rd Civil War Octavian & Marc Antony
Julius Caesar !
Cleopatra
Roman Empire BC 27 Beginning of Empire – Octavian is named Augustus - 1 st Emperor – Pax Romana Emperors continue expansion – invade Germany, Britain, Asia Minor, Jerusalem AD 79 Vesuvius eruption – destruction of Pompeii & Herculaneum 80 Flavian Amphitheater (Colosseum) finished/ Persecution of Christians begins and continues for a couple of centuries 285 Diocletian – Empire split into East and West – 2 Co- Emperors
Octavian (Caesar Augustus)
Colosseum
Roman Empire AD 312Constantine – ends persecution of Christians -- changes capital to Constantinople Barbarian invasions weaken Rome – Huns, Vandals, and Gauls 476Last Emperor of the West is overthrown - Fall of the Western Roman Empire The Eastern Roman Empire becomes the Byzantium Empire – In 1453 it is conquered by the Ottoman Turks
Emperor Constantine
Byzantine Art