Roman EmpireMr. O
Objective
Students understanding of the Roman Empire,
including its expansion and engineering
accomplishments will be improved.
Roman Empire
750 BCE – first Etruscan inscriptions
early alphabet
735 BCE – Roma (Rome) founded by
Romulus
509 BCE – Tarquinius Superbus (last
king) expelled
Roma becomes a republic
450 BCE – Twelve Tables of Roman Law
re-enacted
341 BCE – Rome conquers Campania
Roman Empire 338 BCE – Rome annexes the Latin
League
312 BCE – Aqua Appia (first aqueduct) built
295 BCE – Roma defeats the Samnites at Sentinum & Gauls/Celtsin N. Italy
264 BCE – Romans destroy Etruscan civilization & first Gladiator games
216 BCE – Hannibal defeats Romans at Cannae
207 BCE – Romans defeat Hannibal at Metaurus river
Roman Empire
202 BCE – Roman annexes Spain
171 BCE Perseus attacks Roma (Third Macedonian War begins)
168 BCE – Roma defeats Perseus at Pydna
146 BCE – Macedonia becomes a Roman Province
64 BCE – Syria becomes Roman province
63 BCE – Rome captures Jerusalem & Palestine
57 BCE – Caesar conquers all of Gaul (France)
Roman Empire
48 BCE – Caesar becomes Roman
dictator
44 BCE Caesar is assassinated
stabbed to death near the Theatre of
Pompey on the Ides of March (March
15), 44 BCE
9 CE – Gothic warriors destroy Roman
army at Teutoburg Forest
14 – appx. five million people in Roman
empire
43 – Claudius invades Britannia
58 – Romans conquer Armenia (Western
Turkey)
Roman Empire
77 – Romans conquer Wales
(Britain)
79-80 – Colosseum completed
80 – Romans invade Caledonia
(Scotland)
115 – 117 – Roman Empire
reaches greatest extent