Explore the timline of Rome. According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demigods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BCE. The legend claims that in an argument over who would rule the city (or, in another...

700 BC—Assyrian king Sennacherib launches another campaign into the Chaldean region, where the Babylonian rebel Merodach-Baladan II has been conspiring against him. Merodach-Baladan takes refuge in Elam , north of the Persian Gulf .

Mar 18, 2025 · By 700 bc several Greek colonies were established along the southern coast. Both Greeks and Phoenicians were actively engaged in trade with the Italian natives.

Tradition states that Romulus and Remus were raised by a wolf before founding Rome in 753 BC. 499 BC - A battle against foreign tribes commences, including the construction of the Temple of Castor and Pollux. 380 BC - The once destroyed Servian Wall is reconstructed. 312 BC - The Via Appia and Aqua Appia are constructed.

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), the Roman Republic (509‍–‍27 BC), and the Roman Empire (27 BC – 476 AD) until the fall of ...

Oct 14, 2009 · Beginning in the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italy’s Tiber River into an empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much of...

This text highlights key developments in Italy during the first millennium BC, from Phoenician and Greek colonization to the rise of Etruscan power, the spread of Indo-European peoples, and the legendary founding of Rome.

May 13, 2020 · c. 700 BCE – Etruscan civilization begins to flourish. c. 750-670 BCE – Septimonium: union of settlers of Palatine, Cermalus, Velia, Fagutal, Cuspius, Oppius and Caelius. c. 650 BCE – Etruscan expansion into Campania. c. 625 BCE – historical founding of Rome. 673-642 BCE – Reign of Tullus Hostilius. Destruction of Alba Longa.

900 BC Etruria - It is most likely that the Etruscans arrived in Italy from Asia Minor as a consequence of the break-up of the Hittite Empire. The Etruscans came to the area north of the Tiber River, taking control, and forming a loosely connected league of cities.

Sep 2, 2009 · According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demigods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753 BCE. The legend claims that in an argument over who would rule the city (or, in another...