Ancient Rome timeline final

195 BCE

Protest against Oppian Law.

149 BCE

Lex Calpurnia de repetundis established.

147 BCE

Scipio Aemilianus elected.

134 BCE

Scipio Aemilianus elected for a second consulship.

133 BCE

Tiberius Gracchus elected as tribune of plebs, proposed reforms, then assassinated.

132 BCE

Gaius Gracchus elected tribune of plebs and introduces wide reforms.

122 BCE

Gaius places repetundae juries in the hands of the equites. Leaves Rome for Carthage.

121 BCE

Consul Lucius Opimius acts on SCU to slaughter 3000 of Gaius’s supporters. Gaius commits suicide.

112 BCE

Rome goes to war against Jugurtha, king of Numidia.

113-101 BCE

War with Cimbri and Teutones.

107 BCE

Gaius Marius elected consul and begins campaign against Numidia.

106 BCE

Senators added to the juries.

105 BCE

The Battle of Arausia and Numidia defeated.

101 BCE

Marius successfully defeats the Cimbri and Teutones.

100 BCE

Marius carries out another SCU against Saturninus and Glaucia.

91-89 BCE

Marcus Livius Drusus, tribune of plebs, assassinated, starting the Social War.

88 CE

Lucius Cornelius Sulla marches on Rome and takes it by force.

87-84 BCE

L. Cornelius Cinna allies with Marius to take down Sulla.

82 BCE

Sulla defeats opposition at the Battle of the Colline Gate. Appointed Dictator in November.

83-81 BCE

Pompey raises a private legion to fight for Sulla. Receives a triumph without an office.

82-80 BCE

Sulla’s dictatorship.

79 BCE

M. Aemilius Lepidus causes outbreak of new civil war.

73-71 BCE

The Revolt of Spartacus.

70 BCE

Pompey and Crassus elected co-consuls.

67 BCE

Lex Gabinia gives Pompey sweeping powers; he defeats Cilician pirates.

66 BCE

Lex Manilia gives Pompey power over Asia.

63 BCE

M. Tullius Cicero elected consul. Caesar elected praetor and pontifex maximus.

62 BCE

Pompey returns to Rome. Cicero executes the Catiline conspirators.

61-60 BCE

Caesar’s governorship in Hispania Ulterior.

59 BCE

Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus form the First Triumvirate.

58-50 BCE

Caesar conquers Gaul.

56 BCE

Crassus and Pompey hold second consulships.

55 BCE

Caesar crosses into Britain.

54 BCE

Julia, Caesar’s daughter and Pompey’s wife, dies, ending marriage alliance.

53 BCE

Crassus is killed at the Battle of Carrhae.

52 BCE

Pompey holds the first sole consulship.

49 BCE

Caesar crosses the Rubicon.

48 BCE

Caesar defeats Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus.

46 BCE

Caesar renews his dictatorship for ten more years.

February 15th, 44 BCE

Caesar extends his dictatorship for life.

March 15th, 44 BCE

Caesar is assassinated.

43 BCE

Octavian made consul at age 19.

42 BCE

Antony and Octavian defeat and kill Brutus and Cassius at the Battle of Philippi.

40 BCE

Summit at Brundisium renews Triumvirate and splits Roman territory.

39-35 BCE

Octavian and Agrippa’s campaign against Sextus Pompey.

36 BCE

Sextus finally defeated at the Battle of Naulochus.

34 BCE

Antony honors Cleopatra as his wife and promises her large swaths of Roman territory.

32 BCE

Octavian publicizes Antony’s will and declares war against Cleopatra.

31 BCE

Antony abandons forces at the Battle of Actium.

30 BCE

Octavian lays siege to Alexandra. Antony and Cleopatra both die by suicide.

28 BCE

Augustus shares consulship with Marcus Agrippa.

27 BCE

Augustus implements the ‘First Settlement’.

23 BCE

After a foiled assassination plot, Augustus implements the ‘Second Settlement.’

21-20 BCE

Augustus’s popularity leads to public riots.

29 and 18 BCE

Augustus acts as censor.

12 BCE

Augustus assumes title of pontifex maximus after Lepidus dies in retirement.

2 BCE

Augustus awarded the title, pater patriae.

27 BCE-14 CE

Augustus’s reign.