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510 BC Establishment of the Old Roman Republic
.
505 BC First pair of Roman
consul
s elected.
241 BC Battle of the Aegates Islands, the Romans
sinks the Carthaginian
fleet; end of First Punic War.
216 BC Hannibal crushes the Romans
in the Battle of Cannae, one of the greatest tactical masterpiece in military history. As a result, a number of Italian cities allied to Rome desert to the Carthaginian
side, especially cities in the Magna Graecia, and Capua
. Again, the later Scipio Africanus fought in the battle as a tribune, and later prevented a mutiny among the survivors of Cannae.
215 BC A temple is built on the Capitoline Hill
dedicated to Venus Erycina to commemorate the Roman
defeat at Lake Trasum.
168 BC Third Macedonian War ends with the Battle of Pydna. Romans
under Lucius Aemilius Paullus (awarded the surname "Macedonicus" for this victory) defeat and capture Perseus of Macedon when he surrendered. This ends the Antigonid dynasty, one of the three successor empires created upon the death of Alexander the Great
, and starts Roman domination of Greece
.
105 BC The Battle of Arausio, where the Cimbri destroy two Roman
armies on the Rhône, is the most severe defeat of Roman forces since the Battle of Cannae.
62 BC The forces of the conspirator Catiline are defeated by the loyal Roman
armies under Gaius Antonius in the Battle of Pistoria.
30 BC Octavian captures Alexandria
. This marks the official annexation of Ancient Egypt
to the Roman Republic.
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