Historical Events - Rome
Aeneas comes from Troy and Begins a Latin Civilization
- circa 1000 B.C.E.
Romulus Founded Rome on the Palatine Hill
753 B.C.E.
Taking of the Sabine Women by the Romans
circa 750 B.C.E.
Lucretia Raped! Getting rid of King Tarquin and Starting a Republic
509 B.C.E.
First Punic War
264 B.C.E. (Rome expanded into Sicily; Rome vs. Carthage)
Second Punic War
218-202 B.C.E. (Hannibal Attacked the Roman Army)
Third Punic War
149 - 146 B.C.E. (Carthage was Destroyed)
Slave Revolt by Spartacus
73 B.C.E.
Young Julius Caesar and the Pirates
(from Plutarch's Lives) 75 B.C.E.
Julius Caesar and the Conquest of Gaul
(58 to 50 B.C.E.)
Cleopatra and Julius Caesar
Assassination of Julius Caesar
44 B.C.E. Ides of March (March 15)
Cleopatra and Mark Anthony
Battle of Actium and the Death of Marc Anthony and Cleopatra
30 B.C.E.
Beginning of Roman Empire & Pax Romana by Octavian Caesar Augustus
after 27 C.E.
Birth of Jesus
Death of Jesus
Crazy Emperor Caligula Assassinated by his Body Guard
41 C.E.
Saul of Tarsus Converts to Christianity and Spreads the Gospel
c. 48 C.E.
Rome Burned as Nero was Emperor - Christians Blamed for the Fire
64 C.E.
Romans Take Over Jerusalem and Kick Out the Jews 70 C.E. (coming soon)
Jewish Resistance Fighters Battle the Roman Army from Mt. Masada 73 C.E. - All Die (coming soon)
Pompeii Buried by Vesuvius Eruption
79 C.E.
Emperor Hadrian Built a Wall in England to Keep Out Northern Barbarians
(begun in 122 C.E.)
Caracalla Suspected of Killing His Own Father and Brother!
211 C.E.
Constantine becomes Christian, then emperor- "In this sign you will conquer"
312 C.E.
Council of Nicaea - Is Jesus God or Man? Bishops Debate
325 C.E.
Constantine Moved Capital Out of Italy to Constantinople - "Rome of the East"
330 C.E.
Alaric, a Barbarian, Takes Rome Hostage!
410 C.E.
Attila the Hun
451 C.E.
Barbarians Invade: Vandals Destroy Rome
455 C.E.
Fall of the Roman Empire
- 476 C.E. (In Progress)
Empress Theodora Saves the Byzantine Empire (While her Husband was about to Run)
532 C.E.