ROMAN CHRONOLOGY

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753 B.C.
traditional date for the founding of Rome

509 B.C.

expulsion of (Etruscan) kings from Rome; Roman Republic technically begins

c. 350&endash;275 B.C.

unification of Italy (under Rome)
264&endash;201 B.C.
Punic Wars (Rome against Carthage)

200 B.C.

Eastern influence; real Republican period begins

146 B.C.

Romans sack Corinth, conquer Greece

44 B.C.

Julius Caesar assassinated, 15 March

31-27 B.C.

Imperial period begins

27 B.C.-68 A.D.

Julio-Claudian emperors

27 B.C.&endash;14 A.D.

Augustus, Rome's first emperor

14&endash;37 A.D.

Tiberius

41&endash;57 A.D.

Claudius

57&endash;68 A.D.

Nero

69&endash;96 A.D.

Flavian emperors

69&endash;79 A.D.

Vespasian
70 A.D.
Sack of Jerusalem
79 A.D.
destruction of Pompeii by volcano

79&endash;81 A.D.

Titus

98&endash;117 A.D.

Trajan

117&endash;138 A.D.

Hadrian

136&endash;192 A.D.

Antonine emperors

161&endash;180 A.D.

Marcus Aurelius

192&endash;235 A.D.

Severan emperors

211&endash;217 A.D.

Caracalla

324 &endash;337 A.D.

Constantine

410 A.D.

sack of Rome by Visigoths under Alaric

Last updated: 12 April 2002

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