Dates Flashcards
Founding of Rome
April 21, 753 BC
First Spolia Opima
752 BC
Start of the Republic
509 BC
Battle of Lake Regillus
496 BC
First Secession of the Plebs
494 BC
Battle of Mt Algidus
458 BC
Decemviri
451 BC, then 450 BC
Lex Canuleia
445 BC
Third Secession of the Plebs
445 BC
Second Spolia Opima
437 BC
Siege of Veii
405-396 BC
Brennus’s Sack of Rome
390 BC
First Samnite War
343-341 BC
Latin War
340-338 BC
Battle of Vesuvius/First Devotio
340 BC
Second Samnite War
326-304 BC
Battle of the Caudine Forks
321 BC
Via Appia Construction
312 BC
Third Samnite War
298-290 BC
Battle of Sentinum
295 BC
Fifth Secession of the Plebs
287 BC
Lex Hortensia
287 BC
Pyrrhic War
280-275 BC
Battle of Heraclea
280 BC
Battle of Asculum
279 BC
Battle of Beneventum
275 BC
First Punic War
264-241 BC
Battle of Agrigentum
262 BC
Battle of Mylae
260 BC
Battle of Cape Ecnomus
256 BC
Battle of Bagradas Valley
255 BC
Battle of Drepana
249 BC
Battle of the Aegates Islands
241 BC
Battle of Cape Telemon
225 BC
Battle of Clastidium
222 BC
Third Spolia Opima
222 BC
Second Punic War
218-201 BC
Battle of Ticinus River
218 BC
Battle of Trebia River
218 BC
Battle of Lake Trasimene
217 BC
Battle of Cannae
216 BC
Siege of Syracuse
213-212
Capture of Carthago Nova
209 BC
Battle of Baecula
208 BC
Battle of Metaurus River
207 BC
Battle of Ilipa
206 BC
Battle of Campi Magni
203 BC
Battle of Zama
202 BC
Battle of Cynoscephalae
197 BC
Aetolian War
192-188
First Battle of Pydna
168 BC
Second Battle of Pydna
148 BC
Third Punic War
149-146 BC
Tiberius Gracchus is Tribune
133 BC
Gaius Gracchus is Tribune
123 and 122 BC
Siege of Cirta
112 BC
Lucius Cassius Longinus and Gaius Marius’s Consulship
107 BC
Battle of Arausio
105 BC
Battle of Aquae Sextiae
102 BC
Battle of Vercellae
101 BC
Gaius Julius Caesar Birth
100 BC
Social War
91-87 BC
Lex Julia
90 BC
Lex Plautia Papiria
89 BC
Asiatic Vespers
88 BC
Sulla Consulship
88 BC
Cinna and Marius/Lucius Flaccus Consulship
86 BC
Battle of Colline Gate
82 BC
Lex Gabinia
67 BC
Lex Manilia
66 BC
Caesar becomes Pontifex Maximus
63 BC
Gaius Octavius Born
63 BC
Caesar and Bibulus’ Consulship
59 BC
Battle of Carrhae
53 BC
Battle of Gergovia
52 BC
Battle of Alesia
52 BC
Caesar Crosses the Rubicon
January 10, 49 BC
Battle of Dyrrhachium
48 BC
Battle of Pharsalus
48 BC
Battle of Zela
47 BC
Caesar Becomes Dictator for Life
44 BC
Caesar’s Death
March 15, 44 BC
Battle of Mutina
April 21, 43 BC
Second Triumvirate
43 BC
Lex Titia
43 BC
Battle of Actium
31 BC
Augustus
27 BC - 14 AD
Start of the Empire
27 BC
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
9 AD
Tiberius
14-37 AD
Caligula
37-41 AD
Claudius
41-54 AD
Britannia Annexed
43 AD
Nero
54-68 AD
Great Fire of Rome
64 AD
Year of Four Emperors
69 AD
Flavian Dynasty
69-96 AD
Vespasian
69-79 AD
Titus
79-81 AD
Eruption of Mt Vesuvius
August 24, 79 AD
Colosseum Built
80 AD
Domitian
81-96 AD
Revolt of Saturninus
88 AD
Five Good Emperors
96-180 AD
Nerva
96-98 AD
Trajan
98-117 AD
Empire’s Greatest Extent Reached
117 AD
Hadrian
117-138 AD
Antoninus Pius
138-161 AD
Marcus Aurelius
161-180 AD
Lucius Verus’s Death
169 AD
Commodus
180-192 AD
Commodus Death
December 31, 192 AD
Year of Five Emperors
193 AD
Severan Dynasty
193-238 AD
Septimius Severus
193-211 AD
Geta
211 AD
Caracalla
211-217 AD
Constitutio Antoniniana
212 AD
Macrinus
217-218 AD
Elagabalus
218-222 AD
Severus Alexander
222-235 AD
Maximinus Thrax
235-238 AD
Year of Six Emperors
238 AD
1000 Anniversary of Rome
248 AD
Aurelian
270-275 AD
Diocletian
284-305 AD
Battle of the Milvian Bridge
312 AD
Edict of Milan
313 AD
Battle of Chrysopolis
324 AD
Visigoths Sack Rome
410 AD
Vandals Sack Rome
455 AD
End of the Western Roman Empire
476 AD