Rome

Rome

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  • 753 BCE

    Rome Founded

    The city of Rome is founded.
    Rome ruled by kings for the next 240 years
  • 509 BCE

    Rome becomes a republic

    Rome becomes a republic. The King is overthrown and Rome is ruled by elected officials called senators. There is a constitution with laws and a complex republican government
  • 72 BCE

    Spartacus leads the slaves

    Spartacus the gladiator leads the slaves in an uprising.
  • 45 BCE

    Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome

    Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome.
    Caesar makes Crossing of the Rubicon, defeats Pompey in a civil war.
    This signals the end of the Roman Republic.
  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar assassinated

    Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus.
    Hope to bring back the republic, but civil war breaks out.
  • 27 BCE

    Caesar Augustus- first Roman Emperor

    The Roman Empire begins as Caesar Augustus becomes the first Roman Emperor
  • 64

    Rome Burns

    Much of Rome burns
  • 80

    Colosseum is built

    The Colosseum is built. One of the great examples of Roman engineering seats up to 50,000 spectators.
  • 121

    Hadrian Wall is built

    The Hadrian Wall is built to keep out the barbarians. Built across northern England.
  • 218

    Hannibal invades Italy

    Hannibal invades Italy
  • 306

    Constantine becomes Emperor

    Constantine becomes Emperor. Constantine converts to Christianity and Rome becomes a Christian empire.
    Prior to this Rome persecuted the Christians.
  • 380

    Theodosius I declares Christianity the sole religion

    Theodosius I declares Christianity to be the sole religion of the Roman Empire
  • 395

    Rome splits

    Rome splits into two empires.
  • 410

    Visigoths overtake Rome

    The Visigoths conquer Rome. First time in 800 years that the city of Rome has fallen
  • 476

    end of the Western Roman Empire/ fall of Ancient Rome

    The end of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome. Last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This signals the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.