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Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire

Six centuries of Rome's transformation from a republic torn by civil wars into the greatest empire of the ancient world — and its eventual collapse under barbarian pressure.

577 years

577 blocks

33 events

7 stages

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33 events · 7 stages

Late Roman Republic

73y

100 → 173

Marian military reforms

107

Sulla becomes dictator

118

Spartacus revolt

127

Crucifixion of Jesus (traditional date)

133

First Triumvirate formed

140

Caesar crosses the Rubicon

151

Assassination of Julius Caesar

156

Great Fire of Rome

164

Battle of Actium

169

Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem

170

Pax Romana

107y

173 → 280

Augustus becomes first Emperor

173

Eruption of Vesuvius destroys Pompeii

179

Colosseum opens

180

Five Good Emperors

84y

196 → 280

Five Good Emperors begin — Nerva

196

Empire reaches maximum extent under Trajan

217

Hadrian's Wall begun

222

Pantheon completed

226

Antonine Plague

265

Crisis & recovery

157y

280 → 437

Marcus Aurelius dies

280

Citizenship extended to all free men

312

Crisis of the Third Century begins

335

Aurelian reunifies the Empire

374

Diocletian establishes the Tetrarchy

384

Decline & fall of the West

181y

395 → 576

Battle of the Milvian Bridge

412

Christian Empire

67y

413 → 480

Edict of Milan — Christianity legalized

413

Constantinople founded

430

Barbarian migrations & invasions

100y

476 → 576

Battle of Adrianople

478

Christianity becomes state religion

480

Empire permanently divided

495

Visigoths sack Rome (410 AD)

510

Attila the Hun invades Italy

552

Vandals sack Rome (455 AD)

555

Fall of the Western Roman Empire

576

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