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650 BCE
The Etruscans Rule Rome
By about the end of the 7th century the rulers of Rome were kings from a more developed civilization to the north, the land was of the Etruscans.
Etruscan rule in Rome is brought to a sudden end late in the 6th century. Roman legend provides a dramatic story to account for a rebellion by the Roman people. -
476 BCE
Fall of the Roman Empire
Rome had already started to fall apart but 2 men had decided to do something about it. In AD 284 Diocletian had become emperor and had encountered a great amount of problems. These problems had led to poor leadership, revolts, and disloyalty.
AD 307 Constantine became emperor. He had ruled from 307-337 AD he was Rome's 1st christian leader and also a strong one. A bad move by him was moving to the east, most attacks happened in the east. In AD 410 Alaric captured Rome. -
264 BCE
The First Punic War
The First Punic War began in 264 B.C. when Rome sent troops to Sicily and the Carthaginians saw this as an act of war. The Romans had a very strong army but with no navy they could not win the war.The Romans built up a great navy to win the war with. After a long and hard fought war the Romans defeated the Carthaginian in 261 B.C.. Carthage gave up all rights to Sicily and paid a fine to the Romans. The Carthaginians vowed revenge which leads to the Second Punic War. -
218 BCE
The Second Punic War
Hannibal and the Carthaginians attacked Rome to start The Second Punic War. Hannibal crossed the Alps with 46,000 men, lots of horses, and 37 war elephants. Many men and most of the elephants died because of the harsh conditions of the Alps. The Romans tried to meet Hannibal at Cannae but took a very big loss, losing 40,000 men. They did not surrender but built up their army to fight again. The Romans attacked Carthage and in 202 B.C. they Defeated Hannibal ending the war. -
149 BCE
The Third Punic War
50 Years after the Second Punic War, the Romans faced the Carthaginians for the third and final time in 149 B.C.. After three years of fighting in 146 B.C., Carthage was destroyed. Roman soldiers burned and demolished all the city and its buildings for 10 days. They also sold 50,000 men, women, and children into slavery. Carthage became a Roman province called Africa. In this same time the Romans took Macedonia to expand their territory. -
60 BCE
The first Triumvirate
The First Triumvirate of ancient Rome was an unstable alliance between the three titans Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus. From 60 BCE until 53 BCE, they dominated the political world of the Roman Republic. One of the three would later rise above the others and become dictator. His name was Gaius Julius Caesar. However, that was several years away. -
44 BCE
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar was assassinated on march 15 44 BC by his own senators. The plan was led by Gaius Cassius Longinus and Marcus Junius Brutus.They stabbed caesar at the location next to the theater of Pompey. -
43 BCE
The Second Triumvirate
The Second Triumvirate was a political association of accessibility between a trio of Rome's most powerful people,Lepidus , Mark Antony, and Octavian in the 1st century. After the assassination of Julius Caesar the three promised revenge on his killers and tried to stabilize the Roman Republic in what would turn out to be its end. However, the egos of these three men would soon clash, they would eventually meet in battle and,a single emperor would emerge. -
31 BCE
Age of Augustus
As you can guess augustus is the son of Julius caesar. Augustus Caesar was very popular back then, Also because he had been in control of an army that was another reason he had been so popular. Augustus had decided to run for emperor and was successful, The Senate had chose him for the role as imperator which translates into emperor. Augustus was a successful leader because he had helped rome by restoring the morale. Augustus had gone on to have many victories and he ruled for 56 years ! -
40
The Gospels Begin to be Written
The Gospels were written to tell the story of Jesus and his teachings. They were written between AD 40-100. They were the accounts of Jesus' disciples. The leader of the disciples was Simon Peter. The Gospels told the "Good News" of Jesus and what he did It became the core of the New Testament. -
80
Roman Colosseum
The colosseum began with 100 days of games, Those games included gladitorial combats, and also fights with wild animals. Around the 18th century people grew old of the arena so it fell into an era of neglect. Back to the wonder it held 50,000 people, seating was also arranged by social ranking. -
305
Constantine
Constantine rose to power in 305 after Augustus. He enacted a lot of financial, social and military reforms. He ended the edict of milan. The edict milan allowed roman officials to take everything from churches. In 380 he made the Edict of Thessalonica. The Edict made christianity the official religion of rome. -
