Roman empire timeline

27 BC

Roman Empire begins Octavius appoints himself "Augustus", which means the first emperor.

509 BC

Rome becomes a Republic The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government.

753 BC

Rome is founded Rome was founded by Romulus. Romulus was the first of the seven Roman kings. The original name of Rome was Roma.

395

Rome splits , Rome split into two empires - the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Each side had a ruler in charge of it. The Roman Empire was split by Theodosius.

380

Christianity Theodosius I proclaims Christianity as the sole religion of the Roman Empire in

80

Colosseum is built The Colosseum was built in. The completion of the Colosseum was celebrated with 100 days of games. The Romans invade Scotland.

306

Constantine becomes Emperor Rome becomes a Christian empire. Before this, Rome persecuted the Christians. Constantius dies. His son Constantine is the new vice-emperor of Galerius.

476

End of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This is the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.

122

Hadrian Wall is built The Hadrian Wall was built in . It was a long wall built across northern England in an effort to keep the barbarians out.

218 BC

Hannibal invades Italy Hannibal leads the Carthage army to attack Italy. This becomes part of the Second Punic War.

45 BC

Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome Julius Caesar defeats Pompey in a civil war. He becomes the supreme ruler of Rome. This is the end of the Roman Republic. He hires Sosigenes, an Egyptian astronomer, to work out a new 12 month calendar.

44 BC

Julius Caesar is assassinated Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus. They hope to bring back the republic, but civil war breaks out instead.

64

Much of Rome burns Nero set fire to Rome and blames the Christians for it.

1453

The Byzantine Empire ends The Byzantine Empire comes to an end as it falls to the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople in It is renamed Istanbul in 1930.

410

The Visigoths sack Rome This was the first time in 800 years that the city of Rome has fallen to an enemy. It was a huge uproar.