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This chronology uses the Civilized Chronology, with the traditional dates in parentheses.
Timothy Comeau, January 2005
Traditional date for the founding of Rome by Romulus; Rome as a kingdom
reign of Romulus
reign of Numa Pompilius: creation of the Roman senate and the priestly offices
reign of Tullus Hostilius: building of the Curia Hostilia – the senatehouse
reign of Ancus Marcius
reign of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus: building of the Circus Maximus, Rome gets the first system of sewers; first census
reign of Servius Tullius: defined the sacred boundary of Romethe pomerium
reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last Roman king: builds temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
Roman Republic begins: expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus: first consuls are Lucius Junius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus
The office of pontifex maximus (high priest) is created
Rome defeats the Latin League at the battle of Lake Regillus
Two tribunes of the plebs and two plebeian aediles are elected for the first time
The college of the tribune of the Plebs is raised from two to ten tribunes
The Decemviri publishes the Twelve Tables of Roman law
Assembly of the People created: two quaestors elected for the first time
o The office of consul is replaced by an assembly of military tribune with consular powers o Marriage between patricians and plebeians allowed
Censors elected for the first time
Number of quaestors raised from 2 to 4; office opened to plebeians
o Rome conquers the Etruscans o Roman soldiers earn their first salary
The Gauls defeat the Roman army at the battle of the Allia; sack of Rome by the Gauls
Anarchy years: no magistrates elected
The consulship restored in its original form
o Elected the first nonpatrician consul: Lucius Sextius Sextinus o Office of Praetor urbanus created
Elected the first nonpatrician censor
First Samnite war
Lex Genucia: no man can hold the same office before 10 years have elapsed from the first election
Latin League dissolved after yet another rebellion
Second Samnite war
Lex Ogulnia: priesthoods opened to plebeians
Third Samnite war
Rome defeats the Etruscans and the Boii (a Gallic tribe) in the Battle of Lake Vadimo
War against Pyrrhus, king of Epirus (modern Greece)
Number of quaestors raised from 4 to 6
First Punic War against Carthage
Following the defeat of Carthage, Sardinia and Corsica becomes the first Roman province
Number of quaestors raised from 6 to 8; number of praetors raised from 2 to 4
Rome defeats invading Gallic army at the Battle of Telamon
Rome defeats Gauls in Cisalpine Gaul
Second Punic War against Carthage
Hannibal inflicts a disaster for Rome at the Battle of Cannae
First Macedonian War, Romans defeated
Siege of Syracuse, Rome captures the city
Scipio Africanus Major invades Africa, Hannibal recalled and defeated in the Battle of Zama in 202 BC
Second Macedonian War, Roman victory
o Hispania Ulterior and Hispania Tarraconensis become Roman provinces o Number of quaestors raised from 8 to 12; number of praetors raised from 4 to 6
Syrian war against the Seleucid dynasty
Lex Villia annalis: established minimum ages for the cursus honorum offices; determined an interval of two years between offices
Third Macedonian War, Roman victory
War against the Lusitanians
Third Punic War against Carthage
Fourth Macedonian War
A permanent extortion court is established by Lex Calpurnia
Scipio Aemilianus Africanus (Scipio Africanus the Younger)puts an end in the Punic and Macedonian threat by destroying the cities of Carthage and Corinth; Macedonia and Africa are annexed as provinces
The tribune Tiberius Gracchus is murdered after approving an agrarian reform
o Rome acquires the province of Transalpine Gaul (south of modern France) and a safe land route to Hispania o The Senate approves the first Senatus consultum de re publica defenda to deal with the threat of violence started by tribune Gaius Gracchus
Jugurthine War against king Jughurta of Numidia, eventually defeated and captured by Marius
The invading tribe of the Cimbri inflict a major defeat on the Roman army in the battle of Arausio
Gaius Marius elected consul for five years in a row
Romans under Marius defeat Teutons in the Battle of Aquae Sextae
Romans under Marius and Quintus Lutatius Catulus defeat the Cimbri in the Battle of Vercellae
Social wars, the last rebellion of the Italian nations against Rome
Sulla crosses the pomerium with his legions and invades Rome
First Mithridatic War against Mithridates VI of Pontus
First Roman civil war, between Sulla and the popular faction; Sulla wins and becomes dictator; censor office abolished (to be recreated in 70 BC)
Second Mithridatic War; Sulla returns to Rome and is nominated dictator
Sertorius, the last Marian general continues the civil war in Hispania
Third Mithridatic War, eventually won by Pompey
Pompey clears the Mediterranean from the pirates
o Fall of Jerusalem o consulship of Cicero; Catiline conspiracies
First triumvirate, an alliance between Caesar, Pompey and Crassus
Caesar fights the Gallic wars, acquiring the province of Gallia Comata
First campaign against the Parthian Empire; Crassus utterly defeated and killed
Caesar crosses the Rubicon (alia jacta est) and begins the Second Roman civil war against the Optimates, the conservative faction of the senate, led by Pompey
Caesar pursuits and defeats the Optimates in Greece and Africa
Caesar is assassinated in the Ides of March
Third Roman civil war, between the assassins of Caesar (led by Cassius and Brutus) and Caesar heirs, Octavianus and Marcus Antonius
Octavianus, Antonius and Lepidus form the second triumvirate
Antonius' Parthian campaign ends in failure
End of peaceful relations between Octavianus and Antonius
In the battle of Actium, Octavianus decisively defeats Antonius and Cleopatra
Antonius and Cleopatra commit suicide; Egypt becomes a Roman province
End of the Republic, begin of the Roman Empire: Octavianus is now called Augustus Caesar and becomes the sole ruler of Rome
Augustus' campaigns against the Cantabrians in Hispania Tarraconensis
Augustus' campaigns against the Alpine tribes
Tiberius and Drusus conquer Pannonia and campaign against the Germanic tribes
Tiberius conquers Germania Inferior
Judaea becomes a Roman province
Rebellions in Pannonia and Dalmatia suppressed by Germanicus
Three Roman legions are ambushed and massacred by the Germans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Germania Inferior and the Rhine secured by Germanicus
Death of Augustus, Tiberius becomes emperor
Germanicus campaigns against the Germanic tribes
Tiberius retires to Capri, governing Rome by proxy
The tribe of the Frisii rebel because of taxes
The fall of Sejanus
Caligula becomes emperor
Claudius becomes emperor
Claudius orders the Roman invasion of Britain
Nero becomes emperor
Boudicca, queen of the Iceni, leads a rebellion that devastates Britain
Rome is destroyed by fire; Nero blames the Christians and orders first persecution
Jewish rebellions in Judea
Nero commits suicide – end of the JulioClaudian dynasty; succeeded by Galba
Year of the four emperors: after the assassination of Galba, Otho and Vitellius briefly become emperors before Vespasian's accession to power in the end of the year; Flavian dynasty begins
Civilis leads the Batavian rebellion in Germania Inferior; defeated by Petilius Cerialis
pacification of Britain, conquer of modern Wales and Scotland
Rome partially destroyed by fire
Domitian becomes emperor
king Decebalus of Dacia rebels and invades Moesia
rebellions in Germania Inferior and Pannonia force peace with Decebalus of Dacia
Domitian killed – end of Flavian dynasty; succeeded by Nerva, the first of the Five good emperors
Trajan becomes emperor
First Dacian War
Second Dacian War; king Decebalus commits suicide and Dacia becomes a province
Building of Trajan's Forum and construction of Trajan's column
Trajan's unsuccessful campaigns against the Parthian Empire
Jewish rebellions in Egypt
Hadrian becomes emperor
Hadrian travels through the Northern Empire
construction of Hadrian's Wall begins
Hadrian travels through Africa and the Eastern Empire
Jewish rebellions led by Simon bar Kokhba
Antoninus Pius becomes emperor
After a rebellion Antoninus conquers Scotland; construction of Antonine Wall begins
rebellions in Scotland, Antonine Wall is abandoned and reoccupied several times
Marcus Aurelius becomes emperor
Lucius Verus unsuccessful campaigns against the Parthian Empire
The tribe of the Marcomanni crosses the Danube and invades Dacia
Marcus Aurelius' campaigns against the Marcomanni
Death of Marcus Aurelius, the last of the Five good emperors; Commodus becomes emperor
Antonine Wall abandoned for the last time
Commodus is murdered. After the short two and a half month reign of Pertinax, Septimius Severus becomes emperor. There is opposition from first from Pescennius Niger, then from Clodius Albinus
Septimius Severus secures the empire after the battle of Lugdunum
Septimius Severus invades Parthia
Severus campaigns against the Caledonians
Caracalla becomes emperor
Caracalla murdered; Macrinus becomes emperor
Elagabulus usurps the throne
Alexander Severus becomes emperor
Diocletian becomes emperor
Constantine I makes Constantinople the capital
Valens is defeated and killed by the Goths at the Battle of Adrianople
Theodosius I divided the empire into two halves
Rome is sacked by Alaric I
Rome is plundered by the Vandals
Leo I launches a naval expedition against the Vandals
Romulus Augustus becomes emperor
Romulus Augustus forced to abdicate. Traditional date for the fall of the western Roman Empire.
Justinian I begins to restore the empire in the west; Belisarius defeats the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum and the Battle of Ticameron
Belisarius recaptures Rome from the Ostrogoths
Narses defeats the Ostrogoths at the Battle of Taginae
Narses defeats the Ostrogoths at the Battle of Mons Lactarius
The Lombards invade Italy; no further attempts to restore the empire