TIMELINE OF ROMAN EVENTS
283 BC
The great library of
Alexandria is established
264 BC
The first recorded gladiator show performed for a funeral
260 BC
Rome builds a fleet of 120 ships in 60 days to fight the First Punic War
146 BC
The first all-marble Roman building is constructed
130 BC
The Silk Road is opened
73 BC
The Spartacus Revolt
54 BC
The construction of the Forum of Caesar begins as part of the Roman Forum
31 BC
Augustus becomes the first Roman Emperor
19 BC
The Spartacus RevoltThe epic poem
“The Aeneid” is published
6 AD
Augustus creates a permanent firefighting force know as the Vigiles
50 AD
The largest Roman aqueduct, the Pont du Gard, is completed
60 AD
Rebellion of Boudica in Britain
64 AD
The great fire of Rome
70 AD
Augustus becomes the first Roman Emperor
100 AD
The city of Rome has a
population of over 1 million
122 AD
Construction of Hadrian’s Wall
begins
125 AD
Construction of the Pantheon
is completed