Roman Republic Timeline
Roman Republic Timeline
Roman Republic Timeline:
History of Rome - Roman Republic Timeline
Timeline Dates:
Timeline of Important Events and Dates
in the Roman Republic
509 BC:
Rome replaced the Etruscan rulers
with a Republic during the History
of Rome. The
revolt was led by Lucius Junius
Brutus who became the founder of the
Roman Republic and traditionally one
of the first Consuls of Rome
501 BC:
Appointment of the first-ever
dictator, T. Larcius
494 BC:
First Secession of the Plebs in
Rome. Creation of the Tribune of the
Plebs
451-449.: The Decemvirate formed - a
body of 10 magistrates and
establishes The Code of the
Twelve Tables.
445 BC:
Law passed by a tribune named
Canuleius, the lex Canuleia,
replacing the consuls with military
tribunes with consular powers
428 BC:
Rome conquers Fidenae.
390 BC:
Gallic invasion of Italy and the
Destruction of Rome by the Gauls
343-341
BC: The Roman Republic fights the
1st Samnite War
326-304
BC: The Roman Republic fights the
2nd Samnite War
298 to
290 BC: The Roman Republic fights
the 3rd Samnite War
282 -
275 BC: War against King Phyrrus of
Epirus.
264 BC:
Introduction of gladiator 'games' in
Rome
264-146:
The Punic Wars - a series of three
wars fought between Rome and
Carthage by the Roman Republic
260 BC Rome builds its first major
fleet
202 BC Battle of Zama, Scipio
defeats Hannibal
215 to
148 BC: Macedonian Wars (Four Wars)
with Northern Greece
174 BC:
The Circus Maximus in Rome is
rebuilt after suffering major
structural damage.
146 BC:
The consul Lucius Mummius razes
Corinth, marking the end of free
Greece
135 -
132 BC: Slave revolts in Sicily.
(1st Servile War).
133-132
BC:
The tribune Tiberius Gracchus
unleashes the mob with promises of
food and lands. He is murdered by
members of the senate whose wealth
and power is threatened
112-105
BC: The Jugurthine War with Numidia.
104 -
100 BC: Second Sicilian slave war
(2nd Servile War).
107 BC:
Consul
Gaius Marius makes dramatic
reforms to the Roman army in the
History of Rome
91 BC:
Drusus, another tribune proposing
reforms, is murdered in Rome,
triggering the Social War Second
Sicilian Slave war ended by Roman
general Manius Aquillius.
90BC:
Civil War in Rome
88 BC:
Sulla marches on Rome and becomes
Dictator
78 BC:
Death of Sulla
75 BC:
Julius Caesar captured by pirates
73 BC:
Outbreak of Third Servile War, led
by the slave and gladiator Spartacus
71 BC:
Revolt of Spartacus crushed by
Pompey and Crassus
70 BC:
Crassus and Pompey become joint
consuls of the Roman Republic
59 BC:
Julius Caesar becomes consul an
important event in the History of
Rome
59 -
53BC: Pompey, Marcus Licinius
Crassus Gaius Julius Caesar dominate
the Late Roman republic through a
political alliance called the First
Triumvirate
58 BC:
Julius Caesar campaigns in Gaul
55 BC:
Julius Caesar attempts to invade
Britain and succeeds in 54 BC
49 BC:
Caesar's army crosses the Rubicon
and Civil War begins between Caesar
and the Republican forces of Pompey
Julius Caesar is victorious, becomes
dictator of the Roman Republic and
then conquers Gaul
47 BC:
Caesar invades Egypt and appoints
Cleopatra queen
44 BC:
Julius Caesar is assassinated;
Marcus Antony controls Rome
43 BC:
The Second Triumvirate established
in the Roman Republic between
Octavian (Julius Caesar's adoptive
son) and Marc Antony
42 BC:
Octavian takes control of Italy
31 BC:
Battle of Actium, Octavian defeats
Marc Antony and Queen Cleopatra
27BC:
Octavian, became, as
Augustus Caesar, the first
emperor of Rome and the Roman
Republic comes to an end - The
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