Timeline of Roman history

Table columns:
Year
Date
Event

Table rows:
cells: 300 BC
The Lex Ogulnia was passed, allowing plebeians to take roles in the priesthood.
cells: 298 BC
Samnite Wars: Rome declared war on the Samnites after an appeal by the Lucani.
cells: Samnite Wars: Rome captured the Samnite cities of Bojano and Castel di Sangro.
cells: 297 BC
Battle of Tifernum: A Roman army defeated a numerically superior Samnite force at Città di Castello.
cells: 295 BC
Battle of Sentinum: A Roman army decisively defeated a numerically superior force of Samnites, Etruscans, Umbri and Senones in coalition at Sentinum. The consul Publius Decius Mus (consul 312 BC) was killed.
cells: 294 BC
Samnite Wars: Roman and Samnite forces met in battle at Lucera.
cells: 293 BC
Battle of Aquilonia: A Roman army destroyed the majority of Samnite forces, probably in modern Agnone.
cells: A census counted some three hundred thousand as residents of Rome.
cells: 291 BC
Samnite Wars: Rome conquered and colonized the Samnite city of Venosa.
cells: 290 BC
Samnite Wars: The last Samnite resistance was crushed.
cells: 287 BC
Conflict of the Orders: A secessio plebis took place.
cells: Conflict of the Orders: The Lex Hortensia was passed, ending the power of the Senate to veto resolutions of the Plebeian Council.
cells: 283 BC
Battle of Lake Vadimo (283 BC): A Roman army defeated a combined force of Etruscans, Boii and Senones near Lake Vadimo.
cells: 281 BC
Taranto appealed to Epirus for aid against Rome.
cells: 280 BC
Pyrrhic War: An Epirote army of some twenty-five thousand landed at Taranto.
cells: July
Battle of Heraclea: A Greek coalition force led by the Epirote king Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated a Roman army after their deployment of war elephants at Heraclea Lucania.
cells: 279 BC
Battle of Asculum: A Greek force led by the Epirote king Pyrrhus defeated a Roman army at modern Ascoli Satriano, despite suffering heavy losses.
cells: 275 BC
Battle of Beneventum (275 BC): Roman and Epirote armies met in a bloody battle at Benevento.
cells: 272 BC
Pyrrhic War: Pyrrhus withdrew with his army to Epirus.
cells: Pyrrhic War: Taranto surrendered to Rome.
cells: 267 BC
The number of quaestors was raised from four to ten.
cells: 264 BC
Battle of Messana: A Roman force defeated a Carthaginian and Siracusani garrison at Messina.
cells: 242 BC
The office of the praetor qui inter peregrinos ius dicit, a Praetor with jurisdiction over foreigners, was created.
cells: 241 BC
First Punic War: Sicily was organized as the province of Sicilia.
cells: 238 BC
Mercenary War: Carthage surrendered its claims on Sardinia and Corsica to Rome.
cells: 229 BC
Illyrian Wars: Rome invaded the territory of the Ardiaei.
cells: 228 BC
Illyrian Wars: The Ardiaei surrendered some territory, including strategically significant ports, to Rome, ending the war.
cells: 225 BC
Battle of Telamon: A Roman army decisively defeated a Gallic invasion near modern Talamone. The consul Gaius Atilius Regulus was killed.
cells: 219 BC
Illyrian Wars: Rome invaded Hvar.
cells: 218 BC
Second Punic War: A Carthaginian army departed Cartagena.
cells: Illyrian Wars: Demetrius of Pharos fled to Macedonia.
cells: 216 BC
2 August
Battle of Cannae: The Carthaginian general Hannibal decisively defeated a numerically superior Roman force at Cannae.
cells: 214 BC
First Macedonian War: A Macedonian fleet captured Oricum.
cells: Siege of Syracuse (214–212 BC): Rome laid siege to Syracuse.
cells: 212 BC
Siege of Syracuse (214–212 BC): Roman forces breached the inner citadel of Syracuse and slaughtered its inhabitants.
cells: 205 BC
First Macedonian War: Rome and Macedonia signed the Treaty of Phoenice, according to which Macedonia renounced its alliance with Carthage in exchange for Roman recognition of its gains in Illyria.
cells: 204 BC
Second Punic War: The consul Scipio Africanus landed an invasion fleet at Utica.
cells: 202 BC
19 October
Battle of Zama: A Roman army decisively defeated Carthage, probably near modern Sakiet Sidi Youssef.
cells: 201 BC
Second Punic War: Carthage accepted Roman conditions for peace, including disarmament, a war indemnity of ten thousand talents, and the cession of Iberia, ending the war.

Questions about this table:
originalText: what were the territories that rome conquered called
answer: answerTexts: province