Time line

Question 1

What happened in 753BC?

Answer 1

Rome was founded

Question 2

When was Rome founded?

Answer 2

753 BC

Question 3

What happened from 534-510Bc?

Answer 3

Reign of Tarquinius Superbus, last King of Rome

Question 4

When did Tarquinius Superbus, the last King of Rome, reign?

Answer 4

534-510BC

Question 5

What happened in 100BC?

Answer 5

Julius Caesar was born

Question 6

When was Julius Caesar born?

Answer 6

100BC

Question 7

What happened in 63BC?

Answer 7

Octavian was born

Question 8

When was Octavian born?

Answer 8

63BC

Question 9

What happened in 60BC?

Answer 9

First Triumvirate was formed
Caesar, Pompey and Crassus

Question 10

When was the first triumvirate formed?

Answer 10

60BC

Question 11

What happened in 53BC?

Answer 11

Death of Crassus whilst on campaign in Parthia, Roman standards are lost

Question 12

When does Crassus die?

Answer 12

53BC

Question 13

What happened in 49BC?

Answer 13

Civil war between Pompey and Caesar

Question 14

When did civil war between Pompey and Caesar start?

Answer 14

49BC

Question 15

What happened in 48BC?

Answer 15

Julius Caesar defeats Pompey in the Battle of Pharsalus

Question 16

When did the battle of Pharsalus occur?

Answer 16

48BC

Question 17

What happened 15th March 44BC?

Answer 17

Assassination of Julius Caesar- Ides of March

Question 18

When was Julius Caesar assassinated?

Answer 18

15th March 44BC

Question 19

What else happened in 44BC?

Answer 19

Octavian arrives in Rome and speaks with Mark Antony

Games in honour of Venus and Caesar are held- during these games a comet is seen which is interpreted as a sign of Caesar’s deification

Question 20

What happened in 43BC?

Answer 20

The Senate declares war against Antony- battle of Mutina.

Octavian marches on Rome after the death of Hirtius and Pansa with the Senate’s army

Octavian is elected as consul aged 19

Formation of the Second Triumvirate, with Antony, Octavian and Lepidus

Aureus of Caesar and Octavian minted

Question 21

What happened in 42BC?

Answer 21

Julius Caesar proclaimed a God by the senate- Octavain enabled to name himself Divi Filius

Octavian and Antony avenge Caesar’s murder at the battle of Philipi where Brutus and Cassius commit suicide. A temple to Mars Ultor is vowed

The Temple of the Deified Julius Caesar is built in the forum

Question 22

What happened in 41BC?

Answer 22

Octavian’s victory over Lucius Antinuous (Antony’s brother) and Fulvia in the Perusine war

Question 23

What happened in 40BC?

Answer 23

The Treaty of Brundism is signed which gives each Triumvir a section of the empire to govern

Octavian orders the death of around 300 senators who had allied with Antinuous and Fulvia

Antony marries Octavia, Octavian’s sister

Birth of Alexandra Helios and Cleopatra Selene, Cleopatra’s children

Question 24

What happened in 39BC?

Answer 24

Rome faces famine as a result of Sextus Pompeius’ naval blockade of Roman ports, preventing the import of grain

Julia the Elder born (daughter of Octavian and Scribonia)

Octavian divorces Scribonia and marries Livia

Question 25

What happened in 38BC?

Answer 25

Octavian adds the title ‘Imperator’ to his name

Question 26

37BC?

Answer 26

Antony marries Cleopatra

Question 27

36BC?

Answer 27

Octavian and Agrippa lead the fleet invasion of Sicily, defeating Pompeius

Lepidus attempts to take over Sicily

Lepidus is forced into exile and removed from triumvir duties

Antony moved to Alexandria to live with Cleopatra full time

Birth of Ptolemy Philadelphus

Question 28

35BC?

Answer 28

Octavian’s campaign in Dalmatia