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The Roman Empire

Time Line: 7th and 6th Century

  • Servius Tullius became king
  • Roman-Etruscan Wars
  • In the face of a potential Sabine invasion, a dictator authorization was appointed
  • 753 Rome is founded
  • Tullus Hostillus became king
  • Byzantium is founded
  • Lucius Tranquinius became king

4th and 3th Century

  • 300 BCE the Lex Ogulnia is passed
  • End of the Samnite Wars
  • Pyrrhic War
  • 6 battles
  • 343 BCE Start of Samnite Wars
  • 306 BCE The Hernici declared independence

The Division of the Empire

Comparison:

Heritage:

  • The Imperial Crisis
  • Constant Civil War
  • Three regions
  • Reunited by Aurelian in 270 CE

Constantine and Christianity

  • Edict of Milan in 317 CE
  • Mandated religious tolerance

Fall of the Roman Empire

  • Invading Goths
  • 378 Emperor defeated
  • Fall of Western Empire 476 CE
  • Eastern Empire continued as Bryantine Empire until 1453 CE

SPQR

  • Lasting influence of Greek and Latin culture
  • 753 BCE - 565 CE
  • 103 kejser
  • 4.400.000 km²

Geography

  • 31 BCE
  • A. Caeser 1st emperor
  • "Found Rome a city of Clay but left it a city of Marble"
  • 14 CE
  • Tiberius became heir
  • Death started the Julio-Claudian Dynasty
  • Caligula, Claudius and Nero

The Severan Dynasty

  • Pertinax, ruling after Commodus, ruled for 3 months
  • Three assassinations later Alenader Severus rose to power
  • Death plunged the empire into Chaos
  • Crisis of the 3rd Century
  • 235-284 CE

The Year of the Four Emperors

Flavian Dynasty

  • 69 CE
  • Galba, Otho, Vitellius and Vespasian
  • Unfit, Assassinated
  • Initiated civil war - suicide
  • Unfit, murdered
  • Took power one year from Galba
  • 70 CE
  • Building projects, expansion and economic prosperity
  • Titus Ruled from 79 - 81 CE
  • Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
  • Great fire of Rome

The Five Good Emperors

  • Nerva, Trajan, Hadrain, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius
  • Grew stronger and expanded
  • Marcus' son, Commodus was one of the most disgraceful emperors of Rome
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