Ancient Rome - Annotated Timeline by Madeleina Shear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye Timeline of Events en-us 2020-11-30 20:45:13 UTC 2025-09-27 11:23:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Sources madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973721164 Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia Foundation, 2020. 
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]]> 2020-11-30 22:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973721164 753 BCE - Legendary brothers Romulus and Remus founded Rome madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973726670 The most widely accepted legend of the beginning of Rome is the story of Romulus and Remus. The legend says that Romulus and Remus had an argument over who would rule the city and who it would be named after, and Romulus killed his brother in order to rule.]]> 2020-11-30 22:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973726670 476 CE - Fall of the Western Roman Empire madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973730773 Although historians can agree that 476 was the end of the Roman Empire, the cause is disputed. Some believe that the spread of Christianity was their downfall. Another cause was the invasions of barbarians from the north and west. They also had economic troubles due to constant war and overspending, and relied too much on slavery. The Eastern Empire became more powerful as well, after the split of the Roman Empire into the West and East.]]> 2020-11-30 22:54:03 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973730773 KEY madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973767480 Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome

]]> 2020-11-30 23:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973767480 70-80 CE - Colosseum Built madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973828225 The Colosseum remains today in Italy as a significant landmark. It was used for many events such as gladiator fights, performances, executions, and more. It held around 50,000 spectators. Around the world today, architecture uses the Roman arch. ]]> 2020-11-30 23:49:07 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973828225 44 BCE - Julius Caesar is assassinated, ending his dictatorship madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973875667 Julius Caesar was a leader of Rome who was instrumental in starting to transform the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. He declared himself dictator for life, although he only served a year's term. He made some radical changes to Rome, relieving debts, granting citizenship to foreigners, and establishing the 365 day calendar. His success was met with envy and concern that he would become a king, and Caesar was murdered by political rivals. He became the first Roman figure deified. His assassination was met with anger towards his killers.]]> 2020-12-01 00:15:06 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973875667 30-19 BCE - Virgil writes the Aeneid madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973944769 Virgil based his most famous work, the Aeneid, on Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey. It tells the story of a Trojan Prince named Aeneid after the Trojan War. This poem reflects back on early Roman history. He wrote for 11 years, and died with the piece unfinished. Students still study the Aeneid today.]]> 2020-12-01 00:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/973944769 14 CE - Caesar Augustus deified madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974009562 The Roman Religion was polytheistic, with many gods, some borrowed from Greek Religion and others from foreign cults. The Imperial Cult regarded the emperors as gods. The first emperor, Caesar Augustus, was deified by the Roman senate, and many emperors that succeeded him were given the same honor. The Romans did not force their religion on the places they conquered, but that didn't mean they were tolerant at first of other religions like Christianity and Judaism. Eventually, Christianity took over.]]> 2020-12-01 01:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974009562 50-70 CE - Materia Medica was written madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974039751 De Materia Medica, written by Pedanius Dioscorides, was an important medical book that help paved the way for modern pharmacopeias. In this book, many herbal remedies are mentioned, including poppy juice, which contains morphine. The benefits of wearing certain stones is also described. This book was an important reference, and Galen, a well known Roman medical scholar, got many ideas it.]]> 2020-12-01 01:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974039751 64 CE - The Great Fire madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974104564 The Great Fire may or may not have been started by emperor Nero, who many thought had started it to make room for his personal villa. The rumor says that Nero sat as the city burned, playing his lyre. The fire burned for 10 days, destroying about 75% of the city. After, Nero put the blame on Christians, which led to the beginning of the persecution of Christians in Rome.]]> 2020-12-01 02:02:02 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974104564 GREECE: 146 BCE - Roman Invasion of Greece madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974271645 The Romans, like the Greeks, were conquerors, and absorbed a lot of Greek culture like religion, medicine, science, architecture, and more.]]> 2020-12-01 03:32:59 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974271645 27 BCE - Roman Empire established after demise of Roman Republic madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974329695 After Julius Caesar's murder, the lower and middle-class was outraged. A power struggle that caused the end of the Roman Republic ensued. Caesar's great grandnephew, Caesar Augustus, became the first Roman emperor after defeating Caesar's assassins.]]> 2020-12-01 04:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974329695 73-71 BCE - The Third Servile War madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974366593 The Third Servile war was a slave rebellion against Rome, led by the gladiator Spartacus. It was the most successful slave rebellion in Roman history. Rome's economy relied on agriculture and war. The slaves were brought in from multiple different sources to be used for fieldwork, housework, and more. The poor treatment of slaves was so widespread that it became normalized. Spartacus became tired of the slave system. He managed to stretch the war out for 3 years. The Romans, who at first had thought nothing of the gladiator, were now scared. The war ended with Spartacus dying while bravely standing his ground, surrounded by Crassus and his enemies. He is regarded as a hero in histories writings.]]> 2020-12-01 04:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974366593 40s CE - Port Vendres II Wreck madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974412431 The Romans did use coins, but also heavily relied on trade. In the 1st and 2nd centuries CE sea, river, and land transportation all became more used. The Port Vendres II wreck in the 40s CE was a good example of a Roman trade ship. The ship was wrecked in the Mediterranean, off the Spanish-French border. It contained olive oil, wine, fish sauce, fine pottery, glass, and tin, copper, and lead ingots. The cargo inside was taken from at least 11 merchants. ]]> 2020-12-01 05:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974412431 GREECE: 700 BCE - The fullest and most important source of Greek myths and the origins of the gods found in Theogony of Hesiod madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974436973 Now that the Greeks could write, they were now able to describe their belief systems in detail. ]]> 2020-12-01 05:29:55 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974436973 GREECE: 300 CE - Oldest Written Record of Homer's Epics madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974444505 The oldest written record of Homer's The Odyssey and The Iliad was found.]]> 2020-12-01 05:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974444505 GREECE: 447 BCE - Construction of the Parthenon, the largest and most lavish temple the Greek mainland had ever seen madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974448968 The Parthenon was dedicated to the Greek God Athena. Over the years it has withstood fires, earthquakes, wars, explosions, and storms, and still stands today as a symbol of Ancient Greece.]]> 2020-12-01 05:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974448968 GREECE: 700 BCE - The Ancient Greeks adopted the Phoenician alphabet madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974455428 After the dark age and the "fog lifted", the ancient Greeks started to write again, borrowing Phoenician letters. It began the recovery of Ancient Greek culture.]]> 2020-12-01 05:42:14 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974455428 GREECE: 1200 BCE - Trojan War madeleinashear https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974461146 The Ancient Greeks were seeking new land, trade, and opportunities. They were conquerors. The Trojan War was one of their last conflicts before the dark ages, and is the battle that Homer narrates in The Iliad.]]> 2020-12-01 05:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/madeleinashear/91qgyvy02ynks9ye/wish/974461146