Roman empire timelime code#

Rome now controls land from Spain to Anatolia.Ħ0 BC Julius Caesar is elected consul with the help of Crassus, a wealthy roman landowner, and Pompey, a military general. Army generals gain more authority Lucius Cornelius Sulla is named dictator after winning a battle against Gaius Marcus.ħ0 BC Rome gains control of Macedonia, Greece and some of Anatolia. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus advocate for the poor and are later put to death.Ĩ8-82 BC A civil war over power begins in Rome.

Roman empire timelime code#

They are Rome's first code of laws, allowing both patricians and plebeians protection under an unchanging set of laws.Ģ65 BC Rome rules Italy (except for Po Valley).ġ46 BC Rome gains control of the Western Mediterranean after the Punic Wars.ġ33-121 BC The gap between the wealthy and the poor deepens as Rome grows larger. The Romans later proclaimed that they would not be governed by a king again, leading them to establish the Roman Republic.Ĥ94 BC The Senate allows the plebeians to form an assembly and elect tribunes.Ĥ51 BC The Twelve Tables are created by a group of ten officials. Because of his harsh and tyrannical ways, he was overthrown by Roman aristocrats. Although Rome was not controlled by Etruscan cities, the Etruscan kings expanded the many Roman villages into a city that spanned over 500 square miles.ĥ09 BC Tarquin the Proud is the last Etruscan king to govern Rome. 600 BC First Etruscan is crowned king of Rome.