The Roman Empire

By CJMorrison
  • 800 BCE

    The Latins move into the Italian Peninsula

  • 509 BCE

    The Romans drive out their Etruscan King

  • 500 BCE

    Multiple civilizations lived on the Italian Peninsula

  • 450 BCE

    The laws of Rome were engraved on stone tablets

  • 450 BCE

    Plebeians first breakthrough

  • 270 BCE

    Rome controlled most of the Italian Peninsula

  • Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE

    Rome fought Carthage in the Punic Wars

  • 218 BCE

    General Hannible led his army into Italy

  • 133 BCE

    Rome's power reached from Spain to Egypt

  • 133 BCE

    Tiberius was elected a tribune

  • 58 BCE

    Caesar set out his army to make new conquests

  • Period: 48 BCE to 44 BCE

    Caesar pushed through a lot of reforms

  • 45 BCE

    The Julius Calendar was introduced

  • 44 BCE

    Caesar was stabbed to death

  • 31 BCE

    Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra

  • Period: 27 BCE to 14

    Augustus's time as emporer

  • 4 BCE

    Jesus was born

  • 14

    The republic came to an end

  • 19

    The Roman aqueduct, Pont du Gard was built

  • 63

    The Romans conquered Judea

  • 66

    Discontent flared into rebellion

  • 70

    The destruction of Jerusalem's temple by the Romans

  • 79

    Pliny smothered to death in hot ashes

  • Period: 96 to 180

    The "Good Emporer" series

  • Period: 98 to 117

    Trajan's time as emporer

  • Period: 117 to 138

    Hadrian's time as emporer

  • Period: 161 to 180

    Marcus Aurelius's time as emporer

  • 200

    Wars in East Asia sets of a chain of events that would overwhelm Rome

  • 284

    Diocletian set out to restore order

  • Period: 284 to 305

    Diocletian's time as emporer

  • 300

    Christianity was a thriving religion

  • Period: 306 to 337

    Constantine's time as emporer

  • 312

    General Constantine took the throne

  • 313

    The persecutions of Christians ended

  • 313

    Constantine issued the Edict of Milan

  • 370

    The Huns made it to their destination, eastern Europe

  • 378

    The Romans got defeated against the Visigoths

  • 395

    Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire

  • 410

    The Visigoth general overran Italy and plundered Rome

  • 410

    Critics say the sack of Rome was a punishment for abandoning gods

  • 434

    The Hun leader started a campaign of conquest across Europe

  • 476

    Odoacer ousted the emporer in Rome

  • 476

    Rome didn't disappear from the map