The Founding of the City: 753-262 BC
- 1184 BC: Aeneas arrives in Italy [Legendary]
- 753 BC: Traditional date for the founding of Rome. Agricultural settlements on the Palatine hill.
- 510 BC: The Expulsion of the Kings
The Beginnings of the Roman Expansion: 510-31 BC
- 451 BC: The Twelve Tables
- 390 BC: Rome is sacked by the Gauls
- 367 BC: Praetor urbanus
- 343-290 BC: Rome at war with Samnites and Latins
- 287 BC: Last plebian secession
- 284-204 BC: Livius Andronicus, first Latin poet
- 281-272 BC: Tarentine Wars
- 270-266 BC: Rome at war with Umbrians and Etruscans
The Contest with Carthage: 262-185
- 264-241 BC: First Punic War
- 242 BC: Praetor peregrinus
- 236-183 BC: Scipio Africanus
- 234-149 BC: Cato the Elder
- 218-202 BC: Second Punic War
- 215 BC: First Macedonian War
- 201-118 BC: Polybius, Greek who writes a history of Rome
- 200-196 BC: Second Macedonian War
- 185-129 BC: Scipio Aemilianus
- 149-146 BC: Third Punic War
- 146-121 BC: The Gracchi Reforms
- 100-63 BC: Civil War
- 63-31 BC: The Career of Julius Caesar
- 31 BC: The Battle of Actium
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