The city ofRome, Italy, has had anextensive history since antiquity.

• 1000 BC –Latins begin to settle in Italy

• 499 BC - A battle against foreign tribes commences, including the construction of the Temple of Castor and Pollux.
• 396 BC - The Etruscan city ofVeio is defeated by the Romans
• 390 BC - Rome is sacked by theGauls after theBattle of the Allia
• 380 BC - The once destroyedServian Wall is reconstructed.
• 312 BC - TheVia Appia andAqua Appia are constructed.
• 264 - 241 BC -First Punic War
• 220 BC -Via Flaminia is constructed.
• 218 - 202 BC -Second Punic War
• 168 BC - The Romans have a great victory in theMacedonian War, conqueringGreece.
• 149 - 146 BC - TheThird Punic War
• 133 BC - 120 BC - The Gracchi brothers are controversially killed.
• 71 BC -Spartacus is killed and his rebel army destroyed.
• 60 BC -Pompey,Crassus andCaesar form the first triumvirate.
• 59 BC - Handwritten "news posters" introduced.^[1]
• 55 BC -Theatre of Pompey completed.
• 49 BC - Caesar crosses theRubicon in order to take Rome.
• 44 BC - Caesar elects himselfdictator, and in March is killed byBrutus andCassius

• 27 BC - Augustus is made Rome's first emperor.
• 13 BC - The Senate commissions theAra Pacis to honor Augustus' return to Rome.
• c. 60 AD -Paul the Apostle arrives in Rome.
• 64 AD - TheGreat Fire of Rome, rumored to be blamed byNero on the Christians.
• c. 65 AD - Blamed for causing the Great Fire,Christians in the city are persecuted.
• 72 AD - Work on theFlavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) begins.
• 80 AD - WhileTitus is inspecting the damage of the eruption of Vesuvius, a fire breaks out in the city for three days, destroying Capitoline temples and thePantheon.^[2]
• 125 AD - EmperorHadrian has the Pantheon reconstructed, assuming its current appearance.
• 212 AD - All the inhabitants of the empire are grantedcitizenship of Rome.
• 216 AD - Work on theBaths of Caracalla is completed.
• 217 AD - Fire, possibly caused by a lightning strike, damages the Flavian Amphitheatre.^[3]
• 225 AD - Mathematicians allowed to teach publicly at Rome.^{[citation needed]}
• 247 AD - The first millennium of Rome is celebrated.
• 270 AD - Construction of theAurelian Wall begins.
• 274 AD - TheTemple of the Sun built at Rome.
• 284 AD -Diocletian partitions administration of the Roman Empire in half, thereby establishing theEastern Roman Empire inByzantium.

• 312 -Constantine the Great defeatsMaxentius atBattle of the Milvian Bridge to become the ruler of the westernRoman Empire
• c.320 -Old St. Peter's Basilica is constructed.
• 325- Constantine convenes theFirst Council of Nicaea.
• 380 - The Christian emperorTheodosius makes Christianity the official religion of Rome, persecuting pagans and destroying temples.
• 402 -Ravenna becomes the capital of the Western Roman Empire, whilstConstantinople that of the east.^[4]
• 410 -Rome is sacked byAlaric, King of theVisigoths
• 422 - TheChurch of Santa Sabina is founded.
• 455 -Rome is sacked byGenseric, King of theVandals
• 476 -Romulus Augustulus is deposed, traditionally considered the end of the Western Roman Empire and the beginning of the Middle Ages in Europe.Constantinople continues to be the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
• 496 - The first pope to achieve thePontifex Maximus isAnastasius II.
• 536 - Rome is recovered for the Roman Empire byBelisarius.
• 546 -Rome is sacked byTotila, King of theOstrogoths.
• c. 590 - 604 -Pope Gregory the Great makes the Christian church exceedingly strong.
• 609 - ThePantheon becomes a Christian church.
• 630 - The Church of Sant' Agnese is the first Roman church to be constructed inByzantine style.
• 725 - The KingIne of Wessex is the first man to create a hostel for pilgrims to Rome.
• 774 -Charlemagne, King of theFranks, conquers Italy.
• 800 - Charlemagne is crowned Roman emperor in St. Peter's Basilica.
• 801 -An earthquake damages St. Paul's Outside the Walls on 29 April.
• 846 - During theArab raid against Rome the moors plundered the environs of the city, includingOld St. Peter's Basilica, but they were prevented from entering the city itself by theAurelian Wall
• 880 - 932 - A rare occasion, the city is governed by women,Theodora and later her daughterMarozia.
• 961 - KingOtto the Great ofGermany becomes in Rome the firstHoly Roman Emperor.

• 1084 - The city of Rome isattacked by theNormans
• 1108 - The church of San Clemente is in this year rebuilt.
• 1140 - The church of Santa Maria in Trastevere is restored.
• 1200 - The city becomes an independent commune
• 1232 - The cloisters in theBasilica of St. John Lateran are finished.
• 1300 -Pope Boniface VIII proclaims the First Holy Year.
• 1309 - The Papacy is moved toAvignon underPope Clement V
• 1347 - The patriot and rebelCola di Rienzo tries to restore the Roman Republic.
• 1348 - As in most of Europe, theBlack Death strikes Rome.

• 1377 - The Papacy returns to Rome withPope Gregory XI.
• 1409 - 1415 - For a short while, the Papacy moves over toPisa.
• 1417 - The Great Schism of the 14th century is ended byPope Martin V
• 1444 -Bramante is born.
• 1452 -Old St. Peter's Basilica is demolished and a new one is begun.
• 1475 -Michelangelo Buonarroti is born.
• 1483 -Raphael is born.
• 1486 - The Palazzo della Cancelleria is built.
• 1506 - The first significant works on the New St. Peter's Basilica re begun withPope Julius II
• 1508 - Michelangelo paints the ceiling of theSistine Chapel
• 1519 - The frescos of theVilla Farnesina are finally completed.
• 1527 - Troops ofCharles V, Holy Roman Emperorattack Rome, looting and ruining the city.
• 1547 -Michelangelo is appointed byPope Paul III as the main architect of the newSt. Peter's Basilica.

• 1568 - TheJesuits build the earlyBaroqueChurch of the Gesù.
• 1571 -Caravaggio is born.
• 1585 - Rome's streets are re-planned byPope Sixtus V.
• 1595 - The frescos in thePalazzo Farnese are begun byAnnibale Carracci.
• 1600 -Giordano Bruno (philosopher) is burned at the stake for his heresies.
• 1624 -Apollo andDaphne, the sculpture by Bernini, is made in this year.
• 1626 - Construction of the newSt. Peter's Basilica is completed.
• 1633 -Galileo is condemned for heresy.
• 1651 -Piazza Navona is fully re-designed by Bernini.
• 1653 -Pope Innocent X issues the bull "Cum occasione impressionis libri" condemning heresy ofJansenism.
• 1656 - Bernini's colonnades inSt. Peter's Square are begun.
• 1657 -Borromini finishes his work in Sant' Agnese in Agone.
• 1676 -Pope Innocent XI (1676-1689) initiates major reforms; stabilises papal finances; condemn nepotism; upgrades clerical morals; finances Austria's wars against Ottoman Empire to protect Vienna and Hungary. However he fails in efforts to reduce royal control of the Church in France.
• 1694 - The Palazzo di Montecitorio is finished.
• 1732 - Work on theTrevi Fountain begins.
• 1734 - The Palazzo Nuovo is made byPope Clement XII the world's first public museum.
• 1735 - TheSpanish Steps are designed.
• 1751 - TheViews of Rome byPiranesi revives interest in Rome's classical ruins.
• 1762 - The Trevi Fountain is completed.
• 1792 -Pope Clement XIII tomb byCanova is completed.
• 1797 -Napoleon Bonaparte captures Rome.
• 1798 - NewRoman Republic declared by Napoleon,Pope Pius VI exiled.
• 1799 - Napoleon is driven out of Rome and Italy by theRussians and theAustrians

• 1800 - 1801 - Napoleon retakes Italy and Rome.
• 1816 - Work on thePiazza del Popolo begins.
• 1820 - There are a series of revolts in Rome and the rest of Italy.
• 1821 - The British poetJohn Keats dies in Rome.
• 1848 - Uprisings in Rome.
• 1849 - Nationalists proclaim an unrecognisedRoman Republic.Pope Pius IX is later restored to power in the city, after a French invasion.
• 1860 - Garibaldi and his 1,000 soldiers takeSicily andNaples.
• 1861 - TheKingdom of Italy is founded, withTurin as its capital.
• 1870 -Rome captured by Italy.

• 1911 - TheAltare della Patria is completed.
• 1922 -March on Rome byFascists.
• 1925-40 - Large parts of the historic centre are pulled down and rebuilt by Benito Mussolini.
• 1929 - A separate country within Rome,Vatican City, is created by theLateran Treaty.
• 1940 -EUR begins, and the nation entersWorld War II.
• 1943 -Bombing of Rome in World War II begins.
• 1944 - Rome is liberated by the Allied troops from the Germans.
• 1957 -Treaty of Rome
• 1960 - Rome hosts the1960 Summer Olympics, with great success.
• 1962 - Roman Catholic church reforms are brought about with theSecond Vatican Council.
• 1978 - Italian prime ministerAldo Moro is kidnapped and later killed by theBrigate Rosse;Pope John Paul I andPope John Paul II are made popes in this year.
• c.1978 - 1990 -Years of Lead: period of paramilitary violence across Italy.
• 1981 - An assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II is made in St. Peter's Basilica Square.
• 1990 - Rome hosts the1990 FIFA World Cup Final.
• 1993 -Francesco Rutelli becomes the first mayor of Rome elected by the citizens.
• 2000 - The city enters the New Millennium, featuring a new Holy Year, or the Jubilee.

• 2004 - A new constitution of theEuropean Union is signed in Rome.
• 2005 - Pope John Paul II dies in Rome, andPope Benedict XVI takes his place.
• 2013 -Benedict XVI resigns andPope Francis is elected as his successor.
• 2016 - June:Rome municipal election, 2016 held.
• 2022 -Benedict XVI dies in Rome.
• 2025 - Pope Francis dies in Rome.

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• "Aquae Urbis Romae: Timeline". USA: University of Virginia,Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. (maps related to water, 753 BCE-present)

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