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2. Period of Kings (625-510 BC) The Dawn of Roman Leadership. During this era, Rome was governed by a series of kings. This period witnessed significant militaristic and economic advancements, with the expansion of territories and the flourishing trade of commodities like oil lamps. The Roman constitution also began taking shape during this time.
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1200 BCE– beginning of the first iron age. The Prisci Latini migrate to Italy from the Danube region. c. 1000 BCE– Latins settle in Latium c.1000 BCE– Beginning of Etruscan migrations into Italy 10th Century BCE– The first settlement on the Palatine Hill on the future site of Rome
753 BCE – Foundation of the city of Rome(according to Varro) c. 750 BCE – Beginning of Greek colonization in Italy: the foundation of Ischia, Cumae (754), Naxos in Sicily (735), and Syracuse (c.734) 753-716 BCE – Rule of the first of the Roman kings, Romulus 715-674 BCE– Reign of Numa Pompilius c. 700 BCE– Etruscan civilization begins to flourish c...
c. 650 BCE– Etruscan expansion into Campania c. 625 BCE– historical founding of Rome 673-642 BCE– Reign of Tullus Hostilius. Destruction of Alba Longa. 642-617 BCE– Reign of Ancus Marcius. Extension of Rome’s power to the coast. 616-579 BCE– Reign of L. Tarquinius Priscus. Forum drained.
578-535 BCE– Reign of Servius Tullius. Treaty with Latins. 535-510 BCE– Reign of L. Tarquinius Superbus. Erection of the Capitoline Temple. Treaty with Gabii. Roman territory extended to ca. 350 square miles. 510 BCE – Downfall of the last Tarquinian king, Tarquinius Superbus. Brutus liberates Rome. Establishment of the Roman Republicheaded by two ...
496 BCE– Battle of Lake Regillus between Rome and Latin League 494 BCE – First secession of the plebeianson the Mons Sacer, several miles from Rome. Creation of the tribunes of the people. 493 BCE– Treaty with the Latins 491 BCE– Coriolanus impeached and condemned to exile 486 BCE– Wars with the Aequi and Volsci begin (continue with many intervals ...
c. 396 BCE– The Roman dictator Camillus conquers Veii, one of the principal Etruscan centers, after long siege. Introduction of military pay. Peace with the Volsci. 390 BCE– (or 387!) Romans defeated by the Gauls under Brennus at the Battle of Allia. Gauls sack Rome, only the Capitol is defended by the citizenry 388 BCE– Aequi defeated at Bola 386-...
298-290 BCE– Third Samnite War: Rome becomes all-powerful in southern Italy 298 BCE– Rome captures Bovanium Vetus and Aufidena 295 BCE– Roman victory over Samnites, Gauls and Umbirnas at Sentinum 294 BCE– Samnite victory at near Luceria 293 BCE– Roman victory over Samnites at Aquilona 292 BCE– Falerii conquered 291 BCE– Venusia conquered 290 BCE– T...
197 BCE – Macedonians war ends with defeat of Philip V by T. Quinctius Flamininus at Cynoscephalae. Spain organized into two provinces. Revolt of Turdenati in Spain. Antiochus occupies Ephesus. 196 BCE– Marcus Porcius Cato consul 195 BCE– Hannibal exiled, joins Antiochus. Masinissa starts raids on Carthaginian territory. 192-188 BCE– Rome wars agai...
98 BCE– Marius leaves Rome for Asia. Revolt in Lusitania 96 BCE– Ptolemy Aion bequeaths Cyrene to Rome by testament 95 BCE– Mithridates ordered out of Paphlagonia and Cappadocia. 91-89 BCE– Social War between Rome and its Italian allies 90 BCE – Roman setbacks in Social War. Lex Julia: Latins, Etruscans, and Umbrians remaining loyal to Rome are giv...
2 CE –Lucius Caesar dies in Massilia 4 CE –Gaius Caesar dies in Lycia from a wound sustained in battle eighteen months earlier 6-9 CE – Pannonian revolt suppressed by Tiberius 9 CE –Roman army under Varus suffers overwhelming defeat in the Teutoburg Forest in the campaign against the Cherusci 14 CE –August 19, Augustus dies at Nola. On September 17...
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The expansion of Roman power took place over approximately five hundred years, from 509 B.C.E. to 14 C.E. At the start of this period, Rome was a tiny republic in central Italy. Five hundred years later, it was the thriving center of a vast empire. At its height, the Roman Empire included most of Europe,
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- Rome: the village that became an empire. The story of Romulus and Remus is just a legend, but Rome’s mighty empire did grow from what was little more than a village in the 8th century BC or even earlier.
- Roman victory in Africa and the east. In southern Italy, they butted up against another great power, Carthage, a city in modern Tunisia. The two powers first fought in Sicily, and by 146 BC Rome had utterly defeated their great maritime rival and added large parts of North Africa and all of modern Spain to their territory.
- The conquests of Caesar and beyond. Julius Caesar took Roman power to the north, conquering Gaul (roughly modern France, Belgium and parts of Switzerland) by 52 BC in the wars that gave him the popular reputation to seize power for himself.
- The Roman Empire at its height. Emperor Trajan (ruled 98 – 117 AD) was Rome’s most expansionist ruler, his death marking the high water mark of Rome’s size.
Roman expansion began with its leadership of a confederation of allied cities, the Latin League. Rome led this coalition against nearby hill tribes that had periodically raided the area, then against the Etruscans that had once ruled Rome itself.
Oct 14, 2009 · The Roman Empire, founded in 27 B.C., was a vast and powerful domain that gave rise to the culture, laws, technologies and institutions that continue to define Western civilization.
How the Romans conquered and built their world, and why this matters - N. Terrenato 2019. The Early Roman Expansion into Italy: Elite Negotiations and Family Agendas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xx + 327, maps 20, figs. 21. ISBN 978-1-108-42267-3. - P. J. E. Davies 2017. Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. xii + 366, maps 18 ...
