509 BC: Rome replaced the Etruscan rulers with a Republic during the History of Rome
387 BC: Gallic invasion of Italy
390 BC : Destruction of Rome by the Gauls
451-449.: The Decemvirate formed - a body of 10 magistrates
343-341 BC: 1st Samnite War
326-304 BC: 2nd Samnite War
98 to 290 BC: 3rd Samnite War
264-146: The Punic Wars - a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage
202 BC: Battle of Zama, Scipio defeats Hannibal
215 to 148 BC: Macedonian Wars (Four Wars) with Northern Greece
146 BC: The consul Lucius Mummius razes Corinth, marking the end of free Greece
133-132 BC : The tribune Tiberius Gracchus unleashes the mob with promises of food and lands. He is murdered by members of the senate whose wealth and power is threatened
112-105 BC: The Jugurthine War with Numidia.
107 BC : Consul Gaius Marius makes dramatic reforms to the Roman army in the History of Rome
91 BC: Drusus, another tribune proposing reforms, is murdered in Rome, triggering the Social War
90BC: Civil War in Rome
88 BC: Sulla marches on Rome and becomes Dictator
78 BC : Death of Sulla
73 BC: Outbreak of Third Servile War, led by the slave and gladiator Spartacus
71 BC: Revolt of Spartacus crushed by Pompey and Crassus
70 BC: Crassus and Pompey become joint consuls
59 BC: Julius Caesar becomes consul an important event in the History of Rome
59 - 53BC: Pompey, Marcus Licinius Crassus Gaius Julius Caesar dominate the Late Roman republic through a political alliance called the First Triumvirate
58 BC : Julius Caesar campaigns in Gaul
55 BC : Julius Caesar attempts to invade Britain
49 BC: Caesar's army crosses the Rubicon and Civil War begins between Caesar and Pompey
Julius Caesar is victorious, becomes dictator and then conquers Gaul
47 BC : Caesar invades Egypt and appoints Cleopatra queen
44 BC: Julius Caesar is assassinated; Marcus Antony controls Rome
43 BC : The Second Triumvirate established between Octavian (Julius Caesar's adoptive son) and Marc Antony
42 BC : Octavian takes control of Italy
31 BC Battle of Actium, Octavian defeats Marc Antony and Queen Cleopatra
27BC: Octavian, became, as Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome and the Roman Republic comes to an end - The Fascinating History of Rome
