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Legend has it that the twin sons of Mars, the god of war, named Romulus and Remus founded the city. Romulus killed Remus and became ruler of Rome and named the city after himself. Rome was ruled by kings for the next 240 years.
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Legend has it that Emperor Nero watched the city burn while playing a lyre.
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Caesar makes his famous Crossing of the Rubicon and defeats Pompey in a civil war to become the supreme ruler of Rome. This signals the end of the Roman Republic.
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They hope to bring back the republic, but civil war breaks out.
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Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus. They hope to bring back the republic, but civil war breaks out instead.
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Nero set fire to Rome and blames the Christians for it.
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Galba, Otho and Vitellius and then Vespasian who became the first ruler of the Flavian Dynasty
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One of the great examples of Roman engineering is finished. It can seat 50,000 spectators.
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the Hadrian Wall was built in 122 AD. It was a long wall built across northern England in an effort to keep the barbarians out.
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To keep out the barbarians a long wall is built across northern England.
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chaos in Rome. The emperors were Pertinax, Didius Julianus, Pescennius Niger, Septimius Severus, Claudius Albinus Septimius Severus begins the Severan Dynasty. Famous events of this period included the Massacre at Alexandria
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Commodus the son of Marcus Aurelius also reigned during this era. Famous events of this period included Hadrian's Wall, the Pantheon was built in Rome and plague in Rome
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Hannibal leads the Carthage army in his famous crossing of the Alps to attack Rome. This is part of the Second Punic war.
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period in Roman history of Military Anarchy which lasted over 50 years. Not one single Emperor died of natural causes during this time. Famous events of this period included revolts, civil wars, street fights, fierce foreign enemies, plagues, famines, fire and earthquakes.
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which was a region in the western part of today's Balkan Peninsula. During this period of the Roman Empire was the worst persecutions of the Christians
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by Diocletian The Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire aka the Byzantine Empire
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who instigates a policy of toleration towards the Christians. Constantinople is named the new capital of the Romans and the Roman Empire
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Constantine would convert to Christianity and Rome would become a Christian empire. Prior to this Rome persecuted the Christians.
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Theodosius I proclaims Christianity as the sole religion of the Roman Empire in 380 AD.
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The Empire is invaded by the fierce Barbarians the Visigoths ( Western Goths) and the Vandals.
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This is the first time in 800 years that the city of Rome has fallen to an enemy.
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This was the first time in 800 years that the city of Rome has fallen to an enemy. It was a huge uproar.
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The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This signals the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.
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the fall of the roman empire
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The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This is the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.
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The last king is overthrown and Rome is now ruled by elected officials called senators. There is a constitution with laws and a complex republican government.
