The Power and Glory of Rome

Roman History – Important Dates:

• 1184 BC – The Fall of Troy

• 753 – Founding of Rome (A.U.C. = Ab urbe condita)

• 753-510 –The Kingdom

  • in 510 the Tarquins are ousted in a revolt led by Brutus

• 510-30 – The Republic

• 264-241 BC – First Punic War

  • Rome defeats Carthage, but at a great cost of blood and treasure

  • rise of the Roman Navy

• 218-202 – 2^nd  Punic War

  • Hannibal crosses the Alps on war elephants and wins a series of battles against Rome

  • Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at the Battle of Zama

• 149-146 – 3^rd Punic War

  • Cato the Elder: "Carthago delenda est"

  • The Siege and Razing of Carthage

• 81 -- Dictatorship of Sulla

  • Proscription to restore Treasury

• 59-53 – First Triumvirate formed (Caesar, Crassus, Pompey the Great)

• 49 – Crossing of the Rubicon (by Caesar)

• 49-44 -- Dictatorships of Caesar (he held several)

• 44 – Assassination of Caesar on the Ides of March

  • Conspiracy led by Caesar's friend and ally Brutus

• 43-33 – Second Triumvirate (Octavian, Mark Antony, Lepidus)

  • Official alliance with "imperium magnum"

  • Proscriptions (included Cicero and his younger brother)

• 31 – Battle of Actium

  • Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra in naval battle

• 27 – Octavian becomes Augustus Caesar

• 27 BC – 476 AD – The Empire

• 14 AD – Tiberius “inherits” rule of Rome from his step-father Augustus – some would mark this as the beginning of the Empire