History of Rome - Roman Republic Timeline |
Timeline Dates | Timeline of Important Events and Dates
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| 509 BC | Rome replaced the Etruscan rulers with a Republic during the History of Rome. The revolt was led by Lucius Junius Brutus who became the founder of the Roman Republic and traditionally one of the first Consuls of Rome
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| 501 BC | Appointment of the first-ever dictator, T. Larcius |
| 494 BC | First Secession of the Plebs in Rome. Creation of the Tribune of the Plebs |
| 451-449. | The Decemvirate formed - a body of 10 magistrates and establishes The Code of the Twelve Tables. |
| 445 BC | Law passed by a tribune named Canuleius, the lex Canuleia, replacing the consuls with military tribunes with consular powers
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| 428 BC | Rome conquers Fidenae. |
| 390 BC | Gallic invasion of Italy and the Destruction of Rome by the Gauls |
| 343-341 BC | The Roman Republic fights the 1st Samnite War
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| 326-304 BC | The Roman Republic fights the 2nd Samnite War
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| 298 to 290 BC | The Roman Republic fights the 3rd Samnite War |
| 282 - 275 BC | War against King Phyrrus of Epirus. |
| 264 BC | Introduction of gladiator 'games' in Rome |
| 264-146 | The Punic Wars - a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage by the Roman Republic
260 BC Rome builds its first major fleet
202 BC Battle of Zama, Scipio defeats Hannibal
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| 215 to 148 BC | Macedonian Wars (Four Wars) with Northern Greece |
| 174 BC | The Circus Maximus in Rome is rebuilt after suffering major structural damage. |
| 146 BC | The consul Lucius Mummius razes Corinth, marking the end of free Greece |
| 135 - 132 BC | Slave revolts in Sicily. (1st Servile War). |
| 133-132 BC | The tribune Tiberius Gracchus unleashes the mob with promises of food and lands. He is murdered by members of the senate whose wealth and power is threatened
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| 112-105 BC | The Jugurthine War with Numidia. |
| 104 - 100 BC | Second Sicilian slave war (2nd Servile War). |
| 107 BC | Consul Gaius Marius makes dramatic reforms to the Roman army in the History of Rome
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| 91 BC | Drusus, another tribune proposing reforms, is murdered in Rome, triggering the Social War
Second Sicilian Slave war ended by Roman general Manius Aquillius.
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| 90BC | Civil War in Rome |
| 88 BC | Sulla marches on Rome and becomes Dictator |
| 78 BC | Death of Sulla
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| 75 BC | Julius Caesar captured by pirates |
| 73 BC | Outbreak of Third Servile War, led by the slave and gladiator Spartacus
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| 71 BC | Revolt of Spartacus crushed by Pompey and Crassus |
| 70 BC | Crassus and Pompey become joint consuls of the Roman Republic |
| 59 BC | Julius Caesar becomes consul an important event in the History of Rome |
| 59 - 53BC | Pompey, Marcus Licinius Crassus Gaius Julius Caesar dominate the Late Roman republic through a political alliance called the First Triumvirate
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| 58 BC | Julius Caesar campaigns in Gaul
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| 55 BC | Julius Caesar attempts to invade Britain and succeeds in 54 BC
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| 49 BC | Caesar's army crosses the Rubicon and Civil War begins between Caesar and the Republican forces of Pompey
Julius Caesar is victorious, becomes dictator of the Roman Republic and then conquers Gaul
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| 47 BC | Caesar invades Egypt and appoints Cleopatra queen
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| 44 BC | Julius Caesar is assassinated; Marcus Antony controls Rome
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| 43 BC | The Second Triumvirate established in the Roman Republic between Octavian (Julius Caesar's adoptive son) and Marc Antony
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| 42 BC | Octavian takes control of Italy
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| 31 BC | Battle of Actium, Octavian defeats Marc Antony and Queen Cleopatra |
| 27BC | Octavian, became, as Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome and the Roman Republic comes to an end - The Fascinating History of Rome
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Timeline Dates | Timeline of Important Events and Dates
in the Roman Republic
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History of Rome - Roman Republic Timeline |
