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1177 BC Aeneas sails to Ostia and marries Lavinia. They settles Lavinium (Alba Longa). 780 BC Proca is the first king; his sons are Numitor and Amulius. Amulius drives Numitor out. 753 BC Romulus kills Remus and creates Rome on the Palentine Hill. 1st king, Romulus Kills his brother, obtains slaves, and rapes the Sabine women 2nd king, Numa Pompilius Introduces laws and religion; ruled with a message about morality 3rd king, Tullus Hostilius Practices warfare; expands Rome a little bit 4th king, Ancus Marcius Settles Ostia as a trade network; builds sewers; creates the Circus Maximus and Capitoline Temple 5th king, Tarquinius Priscus Etruscan; takes Rome from the Latins 6th king, Servius Tullus A fair a generous leader; marries Tarquin's daughter; finds the slave boy with flames on his head 7th king, Tarquinius Superbus Kills Tullus and his brother; a tyrant and bad king; has two sons and the slave Brutus 509 BC Brutus goes to Delphi with Tarquin's sons. The oracle says to kiss his mother, and he kisses the earth. He becomes the leader of Rome and expels the Tarquins, beginning the Republic. 451 BC The Laws of the Twelve Tables are written 264-146 BC The Punic Wars: The Carthiginians verses the North Africans, the Carthiginians verses the Romans. The Barci against the Scipios. 241 BC Hamilcar Barca is defeated in Sicily and becomes poor. 222 BC The Gallic invasion of Rome 216 BC Hannibal crosses the Alps with fifty elephants 202 BC The Battle of Zama in Carthage: Scipio defeats Hannibal Barca 149-146 BC Carthage is beseiged by the Scipios, who raze the city. 133-131 BC A slave riot occurs in Sicilia; Tiberius Gracchus is killed after proposing a pro-plebeian law. 122 BC Gaius Gracchus tries to continue his brother's legacy and is murdered. 112-105 BC Jugurthan War 80 BC A civil war occurs in Rome: Marius vs. Sulla- Sulla kills his political enemies and brings his troops inside the Roman walls; Marius is killed. 73-71 BC Spartacus leads a slave revolt, which becomes the Servile War. 63 BC Cicero is elected consul and Cataline is jealous, so he plans to overthrow the government. Cicero finds out, and Cataline is killed in battle in Etruria. Caesar is elected Pontifus Maximus. Cicero's orations against Cataline. 60-53 BC The First Triumverate: Pompey, Caesar, and Crassus divide the empire 58-51 BC Ceasar's Gallic conflict: he takes over Gaul and Britain 49 BC Ceasar crosses the Rubicon to besiege Rome against the Roman law the one couldn't cross it with an army. He becomes dictator. 49-45 BC Pompey and Crassus had declared Ceasar a Roman enemy, and his crossing begins a civil war. 48 BC The Battle of Pharsalus: Ceasar and Pompey are both in power, but Pompey flees to Alexandria and is killed. 44 BC Ceasar is assassinated because of his increasing ambition and power. 43 BC Cicero is killed. The Second Triumverate is formed: Marc Antony, Lepidus, Octavian 30 BC The Battle of Actium: Octavian fights Antony and Cleopatra, who flee to Alexandria and commit suicide. 27 BC Octavian becomes dictator (Augustus). There is a food shortage in Ostia. 13-9 BC The Alter of Peace is built because Octavian outlaws bad behavior and is "The Great Bringer of Peace" 9 AD Battle of Tuderbourg Forest: Augustus wants Germanic territory and wages war. He loses three legions and the whole battle; general Varus kills himself. 14 AD Augustus is dying, and his friend Aggrippo wants to be emperor. Tiberius becomes ruler, but Aggrippa poisons him and his whole family. 30 AD Jesus is crucified 41 AD Claudius becomes emperor after Caligula 64 AD Seventy percent of Rome is burned and replaced with new marble structures. Nero might have caused the fire, but he blamed the Christians. He traps the suburbans. 68-69 AD The year of four emperors, who are all killed. Thispasian takes over. 70 AD Siege of Jerusalem: 1st Jewish- Roman War. Jews refused to pay taxes, so Titus leads a battle and destroys two temples. 79 AD Vesuvius erupts and destroys Pompei and Herculaneum 122-127 AD Hadrian's Wall is built in Britannia 212 AD The Baths of Caracale are built 313 AD Constantine ends the Persecution of the Christians with the Edict of Milan 330 AD Constantine moves the capital of Rome to Byzantium and names it Constantinople 410 AD Alaric (Germanic) the Bold becomes emperor 476 AD Rome falls and the empire dies 79 AD-180 AD Good emperors 410-476 AD Germanic emperors