Chapter 6 Timeline Flashcards
(32 cards)
Laws of the 12 Tables written
450 BC
Legendary founding of Rome, (Romulus and Remus)
753 BC
Rome completes conquest of Italian Peninsula
255 BC
Punic Wars begin
264 BC
Second Punic Wars Begin (Hannibal crosses Alps)
218 BC
Punic Wars end and Rome defeats Carthage
146 BC
Sulla becomes the first General to seize power
88 BC
Julius Caesar conquers Gaul
58-51 BC
Pompeii captured Jerusalem for Rome
64 BC
Julius Caesar is assassinated on orders from the Roman Senate
44 BC
Octavion becomes Caesar Augustus,the first emperor
31 BC
Jesus Christ is Born
4 BC
Tiberius becomes the 2nd emperor of the Roman Empire
14 AD
Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist in the Jordan River
27 AD
Jesus is crucified
31 AD
Stephen is stoned
34 AD
Fire of Rome, Christians are blamed.
64 AD
Beginning of a Jewish Revolt
66 AD
Destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans
70 AD
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius; city of Pompeii buried.
79 AD
Roman Empire reaches the greatest size under Trajan.
117 AD
After Death of Marcus Aurelius,the Pax Romana ends
180 AD
The emperor Diocletian divided the empire.
285 AD
Constantine becomes the first Christian Emperor
305 AD