Ancient Rome Timeline HHW

  • 753 BCE

    Traditional date for the founding of Rome

  • 753 BCE

    Period of the kings in Rome

  • Period: 753 BCE to 146 BCE

    Key dates for AOS1

  • 620 BCE

    Founding of Ostia (port of Rome)

  • 509 BCE

    Rape of Lucretia

  • 509 BCE

    Revolution of 509

  • 509 BCE

    Temple of Jupiter completed

  • 509 BCE

    Rome concludes a treaty with Carthage

  • 509 BCE

    End of period of kings in Rome

  • 496 BCE

    Battle of Lake Regillus

  • 494 BCE

    Conflict of the Orders

  • 494 BCE

    The First Secession

  • 494 BCE

    Founding of the tribunate

  • 451 BCE

    The Twelve Tables

  • 405 BCE

    Siege of Veii

  • 396 BCE

    End of the Siege of Veii

  • 390 BCE

    Sack of Rome by the Guals

  • 390 BCE

    Battle of Allia

  • 367 BCE

    Leges Liciniae Sextiae

  • 342 BCE

    Lex Genucia

  • 328 BCE

    Second Samnite War

  • 326 BCE

    Abolishing of debt slavery

  • 321 BCE

    The Caudine Forks

  • 302 BCE

    End of Second Samnite War

  • 300 BCE

    Lex Ogulnia

  • 287 BCE

    Lex Hortensia

  • 287 BCE

    End of Conflict of the Orders

  • 280 BCE

    Battle of Heraclea

  • 280 BCE

    War with Pyrrhus commences

  • 279 BCE

    Battle of Asculum

  • 275 BCE

    Battle of Beneventum

  • 264 BCE

    First Punic War

  • 261 BCE

    Rome constructs a fleet

  • 241 BCE

    End of First Punic War

  • 219 BCE

    Siege of Saguntum

  • 218 BCE

    Second Punic War

  • 218 BCE

    Battles at Tucinus and the Trebia

  • 217 BCE

    Battle of Lake Trasimene

  • 216 BCE

    Battle of Cannae

  • 202 BCE

    Battle of Zama

  • 202 BCE

    End of Second Punic War

  • 149 BCE

    Third Punic War

  • 146 BCE

    Defeat and destruction of Carthage and Corinth (conquest of Greece)

  • 146 BCE

    End of Third Punic War