1000 B.C. - Latins enter region
753 B.C - Rome founded
509 B.C. - Republic created
451 B.C. - Twelve Tables written
405 - 265 B.C. - Italy conquered
264 B.C. - Punic Wars fought
155 B.C - Gaius Marius born
146 B.C. - Punic Wars end
119 B.C - Gaius Marius was a tribune and created a law that decreased the influences of nobles at elections
107 B.C - Gaius Marius was elected for the first time as consul
44 B.C - Julius Caesar assassinated
86 B.C - Gaius Marius dies on January 13th
27 B.C - Empire and Pax Romana begin with reign of Augustus Octavion
A.D 29 - Jesus crucified
A.D. 64 - Christian persecution begins
A.D. 79 - Pompeii destroyed
A.D. 180 - Pax Romana ends
A.D. 253 - Germanic tribes 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 of Rome
A.D. 395 - Empire permanently split
A.D. 476 - Last emperor deposed
