Timeline of Ancient Rome
This is a Timeline of events concerning Ancient Rome, from the city foundation until the last attempt of the Roman Empire of the East to conquer Rome.
Note: After the 3rd century AD, the timeline is very incomplete – you can help BambooWeb by adding dates to it.
- 91/88 BC – Social wars, the last rebellion of the Italian nations against Rome
- 88 BC – Sulla crosses the pomerium with his legions and invades Rome
- 88/85 BC – First Mithridatic War against Mithridates VI of Pontus
- 83/82 BC – First Roman civil war, between Sulla and the popular faction; Sulla wins and becomes dictator; censor office abolished (to be recreated in 70 BC)
- 83/82 BC – Second Mithridatic War; Sulla returns to Rome and is nominated dictator
- 82/72 BC – Sertorius, the last Marian general continues the civil war in Hispania
- 74/66 BC – Third Mithridatic War, eventually won by Pompey
- 67 BC – Pompey clears the Mediterranean from the pirates
- 63 BC –
- 59/54 BC – First triumvirate, an alliance between Caesar, Pompey and Crassus
- 58/50 BC – Caesar fights the Gallic wars, acquiring the province of Gallia Comata
- 54/53 BC – First campaign against the Parthian Empire; Crassus utterly defeated and killed
- 49 BC – Caesar crosses the Rubicon (alia jacta est) and begins the Second Roman civil war against the Optimates, the conservative faction of the senate, led by Pompey
- 48/45 BC – Caesar pursuits and defeats the Optimates in Greece and Africa
- 44 BC – Caesar is assassinated in the Ides of March
- 44/42 BC – Third Roman civil war, between the assassins of Caesar (led by Cassius and Brutus) and Caesar heirs, Octavianus and Marcus Antonius
- 43 BC – Octavianus, Antonius and Lepidus form the second triumvirate
- 36 BC – Antonius' Parthian campaign ends in failure
- 32 BC – End of peaceful relations between Octavianus and Antonius
- 31 BC – In the battle of Actium, Octavianus decisively defeats Antonius and Cleopatra
- 30 BC – Antonius and Cleopatra commit suicide; Egypt becomes a Roman province
- 27 BC – End of the Republic, begin of the Roman Empire: Octavianus is now called Augustus Caesar and becomes the sole ruler of Rome
- 28/24 BC – Augustus' campaigns against the Cantabrians in Hispania Tarraconensis
- 16/15 BC – Augustus' campaigns against the Alpine tribes
- 12/7 BC – Tiberius and Drusus conquer Pannonia and campaign against the Germanic tribes
3rd century
4th century
5th century
- 410 – Rome is sacked by Alaric
- 455 – Rome is plundered by the Vandals
- 468 – Leo I launches a naval expedition against the Vandals
- 475 – Romulus Augustus becomes emperor
- 476 – Romulus Augustus forced to abdicate. Traditional date for the fall of the western Roman Empire.
6th century
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See also: List of ancient Romans – List of Roman battles – Military History of Rome – Political Institutions of Rome – Roman culture
