Etruscans expelled from Rome
Latini establish republic in Rome
Romans gain power over Etruscans and Greeks in Italy
Celts attack Rome and settle in northern Italy
Rome fights Carthage
Rome conquers Sicily and Spain
North Africa Conquered
Roman armies fight in the East
Carthage defeated
Civil wars
Julius Caesar defeats Celts, conquers Gaul
Egypt conquered
Augustus first emperor
Britain conquered
Jerusalem destroyed
Vesuvius erupts
Empire at its most powerful
Emperor Trajan
Emperor Hadrian
Germans and other barbarian tribes invade
Franks, Goths, Huns, Visigoths and Vandals attack
Emperor Constantine moves capital to Byzantium
Visigoths sack Rome
Last western emperor resigns