753BC
Traditional date of the
establishment of Rom
510BC
Last Roman king is overthrown
386BC
The Celts under Brennus sack Rome
290BC
Rome defeats the Samnites of southern
Italy
275BC
King Pyrrhus of Epirus is defeated by
Rome
241BC
Rome is victorious in the First Punic
War
202BC
Rome finally defeats Hannibal to end
the Second Punic War
196BC
Rome conquers Macedon
146BC
Carthage is destroyed; Greece is
conquered
82BC
Sulla marches his legions
to Rome and becomes the dictator
59BC
Julius Caesar, Crassus and
Pompey form the First Triumvirate
49BC
Caesar crosses the Rubicon
to initiate a civil war with Pompey
44BC
Julius Caesar is
assassinated
31BC
Octavian Caesar is
victorious at Actium against Antony and Cleopatra
27BC
Octavian changes name to
Augutus
14AD
Augustus dies
64AD
Nero is accused of starting
a fire in Rome; Nero blames the Christians
117AD
Trajan expanded the Roman Empire to its
greatest extent
212AD
Caracalla makes the Constituto
Antoniana to grant citizenship to all free adults in the empire
307-337AD The
reign of Constantine the Great results in Constantinople becoming the
new
capital
410AD
Alaric the Visigoth sacks Rome
451
Attila the Hun
invades Gaul
