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753 BC The city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom is founded by Romulus (according to tradition). Beginning of the Roman 'Ab urbe condita' calendar.
673 BC Tullus Hostilius becomes the third king of Rome.
642 BC Ancus Marcius becomes the fourth king of Rome (traditional date).
616 BC Lucius Tarquinius Priscus becomes the fifth king of Rome.
534 BC Lucius Tarquinius Superbus becomes seventh king of Rome, after murdering the sixth king Servius Tullius;
509 BC The temple of Jupiter
on Rome's Capitoline Hill
is dedicated on the ides of September.
508 BC Office of ''pontifex maximus
'' created in Rome.
390 BC Battle of the Allia: Gaul
s, under Brennus, defeat the Roman
army. This leads to the capture and sack of Rome. Although he raised an army in outlying districts, the again dictator
Marcus Furius Camillus got rid of the Gauls by paying a large tribute.
390 BC Battle of the Allia: Gaul
s, under Brennus, defeat the Roman
army. This leads to the capture and sack of Rome. Although he raised an army in outlying districts, the again dictator
Marcus Furius Camillus got rid of the Gauls by paying a large tribute.
70 BC In Rome, Cicero
prosecutes former governor Verres; Verres exiles himself to Marseille
before the trial is over.
46 BC Cicero
, in Rome, writes to Varro "If our voices are no longer heard in the Senate
and in the Forum
, let us follow the example of the ancient sages and serve our country through our writings, concentrating on questions of ethics and constitutional law."
44 BC Octavian returns from Apollonia in Dalmatia
to Rome to take up Caesar's inheritance, against advice from Atia (his mother and Caesar
's niece) and consular step-father Phillipus.
44 BC (the ''Ides of March'') - Julius Caesar
, dictator
of Rome, is assassinated by a group of Roman senators, amongst them Gaius Cassius Longinus
, Marcus Junius Brutus
, and Caesar
's Massilian naval commander, Decimus Brutus. Caesar
's famous last quote - coined by William Shakespeare
in his play ''Julius Caesar'' - was most likely ''not'' spoken (see: "''Et tu, Brute?''").
1 Silk
appears in Rome [The Silkroad Foundation's ].
3 Lucius Aelius Lamia is consul
of Rome
5 Rome acknowledges Cunobelinus, King of the Catuvellauni, as King of Britain
.
6 Due to a food shortage in Rome, Augustus doubles the corn rations distributed to the people.
8 Roman
poet
Ovid
is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea
near Tomis (present-day Constanta).
8 Tincomarus, deposed king of the Atrebates, flees Britain
for Rome; Eppillus becomes king.
13 Tiberius
made his triumphant procession through Rome after siege of Germany
.
15 In Rome, the selection of civil servants passes from the people to the Emperor
and the Senate
.
19 Tiberius
expels the Egyptians from Rome, and deports 4,000 Jews from Sicily
.
26 The Emperor Tiberius
retires to Capri, leaving the praetorian prefect
Sejanus
in charge of both Rome and the Empire
.
27 Fire in Rome.
27 Apricots are brought to Rome from Asia
.
31 Tiberius
returns to Rome from Capri.
33 Tiberius
founds a credit bank in Rome.
33 A financial crisis hits Rome, due to poorly chosen fiscal policies. Land values plummet, and credit is increased. These actions lead to a lack of cash, a crisis of confidence, and much land speculation. The primary victims are senators, knights and the wealthy. Many aristocratic families are ruined.
35 Pliny the Elder
brought to Rome before this year.
36 Pontius Pilate is recalled to Rome after putting down a Samaritan uprising.
39 Agrippa I
, king of Iudaea, is recalled to Rome.
45 The emperor
Claudius
expels the Jews from Rome.
45 The Senate
hold consultations regarding real estate
speculation in Rome
51 Caratacus
, British
resistance leader, is captured and taken to Rome.
52 Ananias, a high priest in Jerusalem
, is sent to Rome after being accused of violen
56 Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus
becomes a consul in Rome.
62 Paul of Tarsus
is imprisoned in Rome (approximate date).
70 Frontinus is praetor
of Rome.
70 Roman
general
and future Roman Emperor
, Titus
, destroys the Jewish
Temple in Jerusalem
, leaving erect only the famous Western Wall. Rome stations troops in Jerusalem
and abolishes the Jewish high priesthood and Sanhedrin
. This becomes known as the Fall of Jerusalem, a conclusive event in the First Jewish-Roman War
. Following this event, the Jewish religious leadership moves from Jerusalem
to Jamnia (present day Yavne), and the destruction is mourned annually as the Jewish fast of Tisha B'Av.
79 Roman Emperor
Titus
dedicates the famous Roman
Colosseum
.
82 Dio Chrysostom
is banished from Rome, Italy
, and Bithynia
after advising one of the Emperor's conspiring relatives.
94 The Roman poet
Statius
retires to Naples
from Rome.
95 Frontinus is appointed superintendent of the aqueducts (''curator aquarum'') in Rome.
113 Trajan's Column is erected in Rome.
125 Construction of the Pantheon
(Rome) as it stands today by Hadrian
.
141 Construction of the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina in Rome, after the death of Faustina.
177 A systematic persecution of Christians
begins in Rome under Marcus Aurelius
. Many Christians worship secretly.
190 A part of Rome burns, and emperor
Commodus
orders the city to be rebuilt under the name ''Colonia Commodiana''.
212 Construction begins on the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.
216 The Baths of Caracalla in Rome are completed.
273 Marcus Claudius Tacitus
, future Roman Emperor
, is consul
in Rome.
309 Pope Marcellus I
is banished from Rome, as is his successor Eusebius
later that year.
324 St Peter's Church, Rome, founded.
340 Constantinople
, capital of Emperor Constantius II
becomes the largest city of the world, taking the lead from Rome, capital of Emperor Constans
.
360 St. Jerome
is baptized
in Rome (possible date).
381 A deputation from the Roman Senate
delivers to Gratianus the robe of the Pontifex Maximus
, which had been worn by every Roman Emperor since Augustus. He refuses to accept this insignia, insulting the pagan
aristocrats of Rome.
410 Visigoth
s' sack of Rome
ends. They depart with countless valuables, including spoils of the Temple in Jerusalem
brought to Rome by Titus
. This marks the first time since 390 BC that Rome had been sacked.
410 Visigoth
s' sack of Rome
ends. They depart with countless valuables, including spoils of the Temple in Jerusalem
brought to Rome by Titus
. This marks the first time since 390 BC that Rome had been sacked.
434 Aėtius
, a general in the service of emperor Valentinian III
, holds power in Rome for twenty years.
455 Gaiseric leads the Vandals
into Rome and plunders the city for a period lasting for two weeks.
485 Peter the Fuller
is excommunicated by a synod
in Rome.
499 During a synod in Rome, Pope Symmachus
makes Antipope Laurentius
bishop of Nocera in Campania.
536 Belisarius enters in Rome.
545 The Ostrogoth
s besiege Rome.
549 The Ostrogoth
s under Totila
recapture Rome.
552 Battle of Taginae: General Narses
defeats and kills Totila
, king of the Ostrogoths. Teia succeeds the deceased Monarch
but Narses manages to recapture Rome by the end of the year.
589 Plague
in Rome.
607 The Pantheon
in Rome is made a church.
688 King Caedwalla of Wessex abdicates the throne and goes on a pilgrimage | 
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