| -1000 |
|
Early Roman tribes settle around Rome |
| -750 |
|
Foundation of city of Rome |
| -510 |
|
Republic of Rome declared |
| -490 |
|
Romans free themselves from Etruscan domination |
| -280 |
|
Romans control most of Italy |
| -260 |
|
Start of Punic Wars against Carthage |
| -200 |
|
Scipio defeats Hannibal and the Carthaginians |
| -140 |
|
Romans finally destroy Carthage |
| -71 |
|
Death of Spartacus (Thracian rebel and insurrectionist) |
| -63 |
|
Romans under Pompey conquer Palestine |
| -55 |
|
Julius Caesar takes Britain after annexing Gaul for Rome |
| -54 |
|
Death of Catullus (poet) |
| -48 |
|
Julius Caesar becomes Roman leader after defeating Pompey |
| -44 |
|
Julius Caesar assassinated and Augustus takes over as leader |
| -43 |
|
Death of Cicero (orator and dramatist) |
| -31 |
|
Augustus defeats his rival Marcus Antonio and Cleopatra |
| -27 |
|
Augustus becomes first Roman emperor |
| -19 |
|
Death of Virgil (poet) |
| -8 |
|
Death of Horace (poet) |
| 18 |
|
Death of Ovid (poet) |
| 60 |
|
Boadicaea and Iceni tribe's revolt against Rome fails |
| 65 |
|
Death of Seneca the Younger (philosopher and dramatist) |
| 68 |
|
Death of Emperor Nero |
| 70 |
|
Jerusalem destroyed by Romans |
| 79 |
|
Destruction of Pompei by Vesuvius volcano |
| 113 |
|
Death of Pliny the Younger (writer) |
| 117 |
|
Roman Empire at greatest extent under Hadrian |
| 122 |
|
Hadrian's Wall built in Britain |
| 135 |
|
Emperor Hadrian completes destruction of Palestine |
| 140 |
|
Death of Juvenal (poet and Stoic) |
| 150 |
|
Roman-Egyptian astronomer Ptolemy describes motions of stars and planets |
| 180 |
|
Death of Marcus Aurelius and beginning of the decline of the Roman Empire |
| 300 |
|
Ambrosian Chants one of earliest forms of Western music |
| 315 |
|
Under Diocletian, Roman Empire split into East (Byzantine) and West |
| 410 |
|
Rome sacked by Alaric the Visigoth |
| 430 |
|
Death of St. Augustine (philosopher and theologian) |
| 446 |
|
Romans pull out of Britain |
| 476 |
|
Romulus Augustulus, last Western Roman Emperor, deposed |
