EARLY ROME
1000 B.C. Latins enter region
753 B.C. Rome founded
ROMAN REBUBLIC
509 B.C. Republic created
451 B.C. Twelve Tables written
405-265 B.C. Italy conquered
264-146 B.C. Punic Wars fought
69 B.C. Fabia is born!
63 B.C. Caesar is chosen as the Pontifex Maximus
60 BC: Crassus, Pompey and Caesar form a "triumvirate"
50 BC: Roma introduces the gold coin "aureus"
44 B.C. Julius Caeser assassinated
ROMAN EMPIRE
27 B.C. Empire and Pax Romania begin with reign of Augustus
A.D. 29 Jesus crucified/
A.D. 64 Christian persecution begins
A.D. 79 Pompeii destoryed
A.D. 180 Pax Romana ends
A.D. 253 Germanic trives enter frontier regions
A.D. 285 Diocletian divides empire into East and West
A.D. 313 Christianity given recognition
A.D. 324 Constantine reunites empire
A.D. 370 Huns invade frontier
A.D. 380 Christianity made official religion
A.D. 395 Empire permanently split
A.D. 476 Last emperor deposed
