Early
Roman Timeline |
|
Year |
Event |
1200 BC |
Beginning of the first iron age. The Latini migrate to Italy from the Danube region. |
1000 BC |
Latins settle in the Latium region. |
1000 BC |
Etruscan tribes move into Italy. |
1000 - 800
BC |
First settlements on the Palatine Hill. |
753 BC |
Traditional Founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus. |
753 - 716
BC |
Rule of Romulus |
750 BC |
Greek cities founded in Italy. |
700 BC |
Etruscan civilization dominates the region. |
715-674
BC |
Reign of Numa Pompilius |
673-642
BC |
Reign of Tullius Hostilius |
642-617
BC |
Reign of Ancus Marcius |
616-579
BC |
Reign of L. Tarquinius Priscus |
600 BC |
Etruscans build the tombs of Cerveteri. |
600 BC |
The Forum in Rome is built. (Coincides with a more historical foundation of the city of Rome) |
582 BC |
Birth of the Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras, on the island of Samos. |
578-535
BC |
Reign of Servius Tullius |
578 BC |
Tarquinius Priscus builds the Cloaca Maxima, the first sewer. |
550 BC |
Servius Tullius builds city walls. |
535-510
BC |
Reign of L. Tarquinius Superbus |
510 BC |
Rape of the Sabines |
509 BC |
Overthrow of Etruscan kings and destruction of the monarchy by L. Junius Brutus. |
509 BC |
Establishment of the Roman Republic |
509 BC |
The temple of Jupiter Capitolinus is built on the Capitoline Hill |
508 BC |
Creation of the position of Pontifex Maximus as an official, to oversee the Rex Sacrorum. |
504 BC |
Migration of the Claudii to Rome. |
501 BC |
Appointment of the first-ever dictator, T. Larcius |
Did you know...?
"There can be nobody so petty or so apathetic in his outlook that he has no desire to discover by what means and under what system of government the Romans succeeded in... bringing under their rule almost the whole of the inhabited world." Polybius Histories 1.1.5