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.