A brief timeline for the city of Rome to the fall of the Western Empire.
The Monarchy |
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| 753 BC | Legendary founding of the city by Romulus. Iron Age settlement on the Palatine already exists |
| 600 BC? | Forum drained by Cloaca Maxima |
| 509 BC | Last King, Tarquin the Proud, exiled from Rome |
The
Republic |
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| 450 BC | Twelve Tables - first Roman law code |
| 394 BC | Rome becomes dominant over the Latin peoples |
| 387 BC | Rome sacked by Gauls. |
| 378 BC | City wall rebuilt along Servian line |
| 312 BC | Construction of the Via Appia |
| 272 BC | Rome controls Italy |
| 264 BC | First recorded Gladiatorial games |
| 55 BC | Pompey's theatre built |
| 46 BC | Caesar builds first Imperial Forum |
| 44 BC | Caesar Assassinated |
| 31 BC | Augustus becomes political master of Rome |
The Empire |
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| 27 BC | Agrippa's complex built, including the Pantheon |
| 13 BC | Theatre of Marcellus built |
| 64 AD | Great fire in Rome, Nero begins Domus Aurea |
| 68 AD | Year of the four Emperors |
| 80 AD | Colosseum constructed |
| 216 AD | Baths of Caracalla Constructed |
| 260 AD | Tolerance of Christianity by decree |
| 271 AD | Aurelian wall constructed |
| 324 AD | Founding of Constantinople, decline of Rome begins |
| 410 AD | Rome sacked by Goths under Alaric |
| 455 AD | Vandals under Gaiseric sack the city |
| 476 AD | Odoacer forces retirement of last Emperor in the west |