History
- Founding of Rome- April 21,753 B.C.
- The Sabines- Tribe whose daughters & wives Romulus' men kidnapped.
- Beginning of the Roman Republic-509 B.C. when Brutus helped evict Tarquinius Superbus
- Horatius Cocles- One-eyed; single -handedly defended the Sublician Bridge.
- Mucius Scaevola- Lefty. Chosen by lot to be the 1st of 300 to attempt to
assassinate the Etruscan King Porsenna, he willingly
burned off his right hand when captured and brought about peace.
- Cloelia- Given as a hostage to Porsenna after Scaevola's peace, she led the female
hostages in their escape across~the Tiber. The Romans sent them back to keep the terms
of the peace, but Porsenna set them free again for their bravery.
- Cincinnatus-458 B.C. He served as Rome's only legal dictator for 14 days. He
defeated the Aequi & Volsci and returned to his farm.
- Titus Manlius Torquatus- Famous for his twisted rope necklace which he took from a
Gaul he killed. He executed his own son in 340 B.C. for engaging in individual combat
with a Gaul against orders.
- 3 Punic Wars against Carthage-264-146 B.C.
- Regulus- Captured by Carthage and sent to Rome In 250 B.C. to negotiate peace in
exchange for his life and the lives of his men. He convinced the senate to reject the terms
of the peace and willingly returned to Carthage to be killed.
- Scipio Africanus- Defeated Hannibal at Zama near Carthage. 202 B.C.
- Comelia- Daughter of Scipio Africanus, mother of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. the
Gracchi Brothers (her Jewels).
- Spartacus' slave revolt at Capua-73-71 B.C.
- The 1st Triumvirate-60 B.C. Caesar, Pompey. Crassus (not legal)
- Gaius Julius Caesar- July 12. 100-March 15, 44 B.C.
- The 2nd Triumvirate- 43 B.C.. Octavian, Lepidus, Antony (two legal 5 year terms)
- Golden Age of Latin Literature-1st Century B.C. and through the rule of Augustus In AD. 14
- End of the Roman Republic-27 B.C.
- 1st Emperor in Rome. Augustus- 27 B.C.-A.D. 14
- Julio-Claudian Emperors-
- Augustus- (Pax Romana)
- Tiberius-son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia. Sejanus was his 2nd in command; died on Capri
- Caligula -(2nd & last Julian emperor)
- Claudius (Handicapped, 2nd Claudian emperor)
- Nero-son of Agrippina, Claudius' niece whom he married.
- Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius- August 24, A.D. 79
- Constantinople-"New Rome" set up by Constantine on May 11. AD. 330.
- Last emperor in Rome, Romulus Augustulus- A.D. 476, dethroned by a Germanic king, Odoacer.
- Last Eastern Roman Emperor, Justinian- Last emperor whose native tongue was Latin. d. A.D. 565
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