Timeline of Ancient Rome

This is a Timeline of events concerning Ancient Rome, from the city foundation until the last attempt of the Roman Empire of the East to conquer Rome.

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3rd century BC

2nd century BC

1st century BC

1st century

2nd century

3rd century

  • 208/211 – Severus campaigns against the Caledonians
  • 211 – Severus dies. His son Caracalla becomes emperor
  • 217 – Caracalla murdered; Macrinus becomes emperor
  • 218Elagabalus usurps the throne
  • 222 – Elagabalus is murdered. Alexander Severus becomes emperor
  • 231-3 – War against Persia
  • 235 – Alexander killed in a soldier mutiny. Maximinus Thrax becomes emperor.
  • 238 – After revolts in Africa and Rome, Gordian III becomes emperor.
  • 241 – Victory over the Persians at Resaina.
  • 244 – Romans defeated at Misiche. Philip the Arab becomes emperor.
  • 249Decius usurps the throne with support from the Danubian legions.
  • 251 – Decius defeated and slain by Cniva, king of the Goths. Gallus becomes emperor.
  • 252 – King Shapur I of Persia defeats the Romans at Barbalissos.
  • 253Valerian and his son Gallienus becomes emperors. Shapur captures Antioch.
  • 257 – Valerian retakes Antioch. The Franks invade Gaul and Spain. The Alemanni invades Italy but are defeated at Milan.
  • 258 – Goths invade Asia Minor
  • 260 – Valerian is taken captive by the Persian. Retreating Persian army attacked by Odaenathus of Palmyra. Postumus proclaimed emperor in Gaul. He is also supported in Spain and Britain.
  • 267 – Odaenathus assassinated. His widow Zenobia takes control of Palmyra
  • 268 – Gallienus defeats Gothic invasion, but is later assassinated. Claudius II becomes emperor.
  • 269 – Postumus is killed. Victorinus proclaimed emperor in Gaul and Britain. The Palmyrenes takes Egypt and Syria. Claudius defeats the Goths at Naissus in Moesia.
  • 270 – Claudius dies of plague. Aurelian becomes emperor.
  • 271 – Aurelian campaigns against the Vandals, Juthungi and the Sarmatians. Victorinus is murdered and his soldiers proclaim Tetricus I emperor
  • 272 – Aurelian defeats Zenobia at Antioch and Emesa and takes Palmyra. Zenobia is captured. The province of Dacia is abandoned.
  • 273 – Palmyra revolts. The city is destroyed by Aurelian.
  • 274 – Aurelian defeats the army of Tericus at the Catalaunian fields.
  • 275 – Aurelian is murdered. Tacitus becomes emperor.
  • 276 – Tacitus dies. Probus becomes emperor.
  • 277 – The Burgundians, Longiones, Alemanni and Franks defeated.
  • 279 – Probus campaigns against the Vandals in Illyricum.
  • 282Carus proclaimed emperor. Probus killed by his own troops.
  • 283 – Carus dies during an invasion of Persia. His son Numerian becomes emperor.
  • 284 – Numerian dies. Diocletian becomes emperor.
  • 285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian co-emperor and assigns to him the western half.
  • 286Carausius revolts in Britain.
  • 293 – Diocletian appoints Constantius I and Galerius as caesar's. Carausius murdered by Allectus who proclaims himself emperor.
  • 296 – Allectus defeated and slain.
  • 299 – Galerius defeats the Sarmatians and the Carpi

4th century

  • 301 – Diocletian issues a the Edict on Maximum Prices.
  • 303 – Diocletian orders the persecution of Christians.
  • 305 – Diocletian and Maximian abdicated. Constantius and Galerius becomes Augusti. Maximinus is appointed Caesar in the east and Severus in the west.
  • 306 – Constantius dies at York. His son Constantine I proclaimed emperor. Maxentius, son of Maximian, proclaims himself emperor in Rome.
  • 307 – Maxentius reinvest his fater Maximian with the purple. Severus is put to death. Galerius lay siege to Rome.
  • 308 – Conference of Carnuntum. Diocletian convinces Maximian to step down. Licinius appointed Augustus.
  • 310 – Maximian again proclaims himself emperor, but is captured by Constantine. He commits suicide.
  • 311 – Galerius dies at Sardica. Maximinus and Licinius split his realm between them.
  • 312 – Constantine defeats and kills Maxentius at the Milvian Bride. Licinius marries Constantine's sister Constantia
  • 313 – Licinus defeats Maximinus twice. Maximinus dies at Tarsus.
  • 314 – Constantine defeats Licinius at Cibalae
  • 316 – Diocletian dies.
  • 317 – Constantine defeats Licinius on the Campus Ardiensis. Licinius forced to cede all his European provinces except Thrace.
  • 318 – Excommunication of Arius.
  • 324 – Constantine defeats Licinius at the Hebrus River and at Chrysopolis. Licinius abdicates.
  • 325 – The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea.
  • 326 – Constantine orders the death of his oldest son, Crispus.
  • 330 – Constantine makes Constantinople the capital.
  • 332 – Constantine campaigns against the Goths.
  • 334 – Constantine campaigns against the Sarmatians.
  • 337 – Constantine dies at Nicomedia. His three sons, Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans become emperors.
  • 338 – Constantine II defats the Alemanni. War with Persia.
  • 340 – Constantine II invades Italy. He is ambushed and slain by Constans at Aquileia.
  • 341 – Constans and Constantius II issues a ban against pagan sacrifice.
  • 347 – The Donatists revolt in Africa.
  • 348 – Constantius defeats the Persians at the Battle of Singara.
  • 350Magnentius proclaims himself emperor. Constans is captured and killed.
  • 378Valens is defeated and killed by the Goths at the Battle of Adrianople.
  • 395Theodosius I divided the empire into two halves.

5th century

  • 410 – Rome is sacked by Alaric I
  • 447 – Eastern Rome loses to Attila the Hun
  • 455 – Rome is plundered by the Vandals
  • 468Leo I launches a naval expedition against the Vandals
  • 475Romulus Augustus becomes emperor
  • 476 – Romulus Augustus forced to abdicate. Traditional date for the fall of the western Roman Empire.

6th century


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