ROMAN PRE-HISTORY/MYTHOLOGICAL 1200: Legendary Fall of Troy – Aeneas escapes Troy and lands in Italy. BCE He wars with Latin tribes. ROMAN MONARCHY 753: Legendary Founding of Rome by Romulus 753: Roman Senate of 100 men (“Patres”) Founded Seven Kings of Rome (4 Romans, 3 Etruscans) 7 Kings (First Four Are Roman): 1. Romulus (753) – Founded the Senate. 2. Numa Pompilius (715) – Built first temples in Rome. 3. Tullus Hostilius (672) – Built Senate House (“Curia”). 4. Ancus Martius (640) – Built Ostia, 1st bridge across the Tiber. ROMAN CURIA 616: Etruscan Rule Begins 7 Kings (Last 3 Are Etruscan): 5. Tarquinius Priscus (616) – Built Cloaca Maxima/Circus Maximus. 6. Servius Tullius (578) – Founded Democratic Assemblies. 7. Tarquinius Superbus (534) – Tyrranical. CLOACA MAXIMA CIRCUS MAXIMUS ROMAN REPUBLIC EARLY REPUBLIC (Expansion to Italian Peninsula) 509: Romans Overthrow Etruscan Kings and Establish a Republic Res Publica = Public Affairs 451: Twelve Tables = Roman Law 390: Gauls Sack Rome MIDDLE REPUBLIC (Expansion to South and West) 264: Punic Wars Against Carthaginians. Carthage Destroyed. (Last from 264 to 149 BCE) 83: Civil Wars Begin HANNIBAL Roman Civil Wars: Sertorian War (83-73) – Between Rome and Provinces of Hispania. Sulla’s Second Civil War (82-81) – Between Sulla and Marius’ Supporters. Lepidus’ Rebellion (77) – Lepidus Rebelled Against Sulla’s Regime. Catiline Conspiracy (63-62) – Between Senate and Catiline’s Supporters. Caesar’s Civil War (44 BC) – Between Caesar and Pompey’s Supporters. JULIUS CAESAR LATE REPUBLIC (Expansion to North and East) 60: First Triumvirate (Caesar, Pompey, Crassus) 44: Julius Caesar Assassinated by Senators Civil War Between Octavian and Marc Antony CAESAR’S ASSASSINATION CAESAR’S ASSASSINATION CAESAR’S ASSASSINATION ROMAN EMPIRE 27: Beginning of the Empire Octavian is Renamed Augustus, First Emperor Pax Romana = Roman Peace 79 CE: Mt. Vesuvius Erupts; Buries Pompeii and Herculaneum MT VESUVIUS AND POMPEII 80: Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) Built Persecution of Christians Begins COLOSSEUM COLOSSEUM 285: Empire Split into East and West by Constantine; 2 Co-Emperors 330: Capital Moved to Constantinople 455: Barbarian Invasions Weaken Rome (Huns, Vandals, Gauls) 476: Fall of the Western Roman Empire The Eastern Roman Empire Becomes The Byzantine Empire 1453: Byzantine Empire is Conquered by the Ottoman Turks
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