THE DATES

KINGDOM
Romulus 753-716 BC
Numa Pompilius 715-673 BC
Tullus Hostilius 674-642 BC
Ancus Marcius 642-617 BC
Tarquinius Priscus 616-579 BC
Servius Tullius 578-535 BC
Tarquinius Superbus 534-509 BC
End of the Kingdom 509 BC

REPUBLIC
Coriolanus’ march on Rome 491 BC
Cincinnatus rescues Minucius 458 BC
Twelve Tables 451-50 BC
Invasion of the Gauls 390 BC
Appian Way 312 BC
1st Samnite War 343-341 BC
2nd Samnite War 328-302 BC
3rd Samnite War 298-290 BC
Pyrrhus 280-275 BC
1st Punic War 264-241 BC
2nd Punic War 218-201 BC
3rd Punic War 149-146 BC
Tiberius Gracchus 163-133 BC
Gaius Gracchus 154-121 BC
Gaius Marius 157-86 BC
L. Cornelius Sulla 138-78 BC
Pompey 60 BC (1st Triumvirate); 48 BC (murdered in Egypt)
Crassus 53 BC (killed by the Parthians)
J. Caesar 58-51 BC (conquers Gaul; Alesia 52 BC); 49 BC (10th of January he marches on Rome); 44 BC Civil War 49-45 BC
Cicero 106-43 BC
Horace 65-8 BC
Vergil 70-19 BC
Varius 74-14 BC
Ovid 43-17/18 AD
Titus Livius 59-17 AD

EMPIRE
(Emperors listed by date of rule)
Augustus 27 BC-14 A.D. (all of the dates which follow are annō dominī)
Tiberius 14-37
Caligula 37-41
Claudius 41-54
Nero 54-68
Galba, Otho, Vitellius 68-69
Vespasian 69-79
Titus 79-81
Domitian 81-96
Eruption of Vesuvius 79
Colosseum 80
Nerva 96-98
Trajan 98-117
Hadrian 117-138
Antoninus Pius 138-161
Marcus Aurelius 161-180
Septimius Severus 193-211
Diocletian 284-305
Constantine 306-337
Julian Apostate 360-363
Valentinian 364-75
Valens 364-78
Gratian 375-383
Theodosius I 378-85
Maximus 388 (killed)
Alaric 410 (invades Rome)
Genseric 455 (invades Rome)
Romulus Augustulus 475-76

TIMELINE - MONARCHY
1174 - Trojan Horse
753 - Romulus
715 - Numa
674 - Tullus
642 - Ancus
616 - Tarquinius Priscus
578 - Servius
534 - Tarquinius Superbus
509 - Brutus and Collatinus

TIMELINE - EARLY REPUBLIC
508 - Horatius and Mucius
491 - Coriolanus
458 - Cincinnatus (Minucius)
390 - Gauls
312 - Appian Way
280 - Pyrrhus
264 - First Punic War
218 - Second Punic War
146 - End of Third Punic War

TIMELINE - LATE REPUBLIC
133/121 - Deaths of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
102/101 - Marius destroys Teutones and Cimbri
81 - Sulla dictator of Rome
63 - Cicero consul (Catiline); Pompey conquers Judaea; Octavius born; Julius Caesar Pontifex Maximus
60 - First triumvirate
52 - Alesia
49 - Rubicon
44 - Julius Caesar killed
27 - Augustus

TIMELINE - EMPIRE
27 BC - 68 AD - Julio-Claudian Emperors
69 - Year of four emperors
69-96 - Flavian dynasty
96-180 - Five good emperors
193-235 - Severan dynasty
284-305 - Diocletian tetrarchy
312 - Battle of the Milvian Bridge
410/455 - Rome sacked by Alaric and then by Genseric
476 - Romulus Augustulus