Timeline: Ancient Rome
A brief overview of the timeline of Ancient Rome:
753 BC: Rome is founded by Romulus and Remus.
616 BC: The first Roman constitution is established.
509 BC: Rome becomes a republic.
495 BC: The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus is built.
390 BC: Rome is sacked by the Gauls.
264 BC: The First Punic War begins.
241 BC: The First Punic War ends.
218 BC: The Second Punic War begins.
202 BC: The Second Punic War ends.
146 BC: Carthage is destroyed.
133 BC: The Gracchi brothers begin their reforms.
107 BC: Gaius Marius reforms the Roman army.
88-87 BC: The Social War is fought.
63 BC: The Catiline Conspiracy is foiled.
60 BC: The First Triumvirate is formed.
58-50 BC: Julius Caesar conquers Gaul.
49 BC: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon River, sparking a civil war.
48 BC: Julius Caesar defeats Pompey the Great at the Battle of Pharsalus.
44 BC: Julius Caesar is assassinated.
31 BC: The Battle of Actium is fought, and Octavian defeats Mark Antony.
27 BC: Octavian becomes the first Roman emperor, Augustus.
23 AD: Augustus dies, and Tiberius becomes the second Roman emperor.
64 AD: The Great Fire of Rome breaks out.
70 AD: The Temple of Jerusalem is destroyed.
79 AD: Mount Vesuvius erupts, burying the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
98 AD: Trajan becomes the Roman emperor.
117 AD: Hadrian becomes the Roman emperor.
122 AD: Hadrian's Wall is built.
138 AD: Antoninus Pius becomes the Roman emperor.
161 AD: Marcus Aurelius becomes the Roman emperor.
180 AD: The Antonine Plague begins.
192 AD: Septimius Severus becomes the Roman emperor.
284 AD: Diocletian becomes the Roman emperor and begins his Diocletianic Reforms.
312 AD: Constantine the Great defeats Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
313 AD: Constantine the Great issues the Edict of Milan, which legalizes Christianity in the Roman Empire.
330 AD: Constantine the Great moves the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople.
395 AD: The Roman Empire is divided into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.
476 AD: The Western Roman Empire falls, marking the end of Ancient Rome.