Timeline of Imperial Rome

==A Brief timeline of the Ancient Roman Empire==
===1st century BC===
*27 BC – End of the Republic, begin of the Roman Empire: Octavian is now called Augustus Caesar and becomes the sole ruler of Rome 
*28/24 BC – Augustus' campaigns against the Cantabrians in Hispania Tarraconensis (see Cantabrian Wars) 
*16/15 BC – Augustus' campaigns against the Alpine tribes 
*12/7 BC – Tiberius and Drusus conquer Pannonia and campaign against the Germanic tribes
===1st century===
*5 – Tiberius conquers Germania Inferior
*6 – Judaea becomes a Roman province
*6/9 – Rebellions in Pannonia and Dalmatia suppressed by Germanicus
*9 – Three Roman legions are ambushed and massacred by the Germans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
*11 – Germania Inferior and the Rhine secured by Germanicus
*14 – Death of Augustus, Tiberius becomes emperor
*14/15 – Germanicus campaigns against the Germanic tribes
*25 – Caesar Germanicus adopts his nephew Castor as his heir
*26 – Tiberius retires to Capri, governing Rome by proxy
*28 – The tribe of the Frisii rebel because of taxes
*31 – The fall of Sejanu
*37 –Caligula becomes emperor
*41 –Claudius becomes emperor
*43 – Claudius orders the Roman invasion of Britain
*54 –Nero becomes emperor
*60/61 – Boudica, queen of the Iceni, leads a rebellion that devastates Britain
*64 – Great Fire of Rome destroys 2/3 of the city; Nero blames the Christians and orders first persecution
*66/74 – Jewish rebellions in Judea
*68 – Nero commits suicide – end of the Julio-Claudian dynasty; succeeded by Galba
*69 – Year of the four emperors: after the assassination of Galba, Otho and Vitellius briefly become emperors before *Vespasian's accession to power in the end of the year; Flavian dynasty begins
*69/70 – Civilis leads the Batavian rebellion in Germania Inferior; defeated by Quintus Petillius Cerialis
*71/84 – Pacification of Britain, conquest of modern Wales and Scotland
*79 –
*Titus Flavius becomes emperor
*August 24, An eruption of Vesuvius destroys much of Pompeii and Herculaneum
*80 – Rome partially destroyed by fire
*81 – Domitian becomes emperor
*85 – King Decebalus of Dacia rebels and invades Moesia
*89 – Rebellions in Germania Inferior and Pannonia force peace with Decebalus of Dacia
*96 – Domitian killed – end of Flavian dynasty; succeeded by Nerva, the first of the Five good emperors
*98 – Trajan becomes emperor
*99 – Rome mostly destroyed by fire
===2nd century===
*101/102 – First Dacian War
*105/106 – Second Dacian War; king Decebalus commits suicide and Dacia becomes a province
*106 – Building of Trajan's Forum and construction of Trajan's column
*113/117 – Trajan's successful campaigns against the Parthian Empire
*115/117 – Jewish rebellions in Egypt
*117 – Hadrian becomes emperor
*121/125 – Hadrian travels through the Northern Empire
*122 – construction of Hadrian's Wall begins
*128/132 – Hadrian travels through Africa and the Eastern Empire
*131/135 - Jewish rebellions led by Simon bar Kokhba
*138 – Antoninus Pius becomes emperor
*140/143 – After a rebellion Antoninus conquers Scotland; construction of Antonine Wall begins
*150/163 – rebellions in Scotland, Antonine Wall is abandoned and reoccupied several times
*161 – Marcus Aurelius becomes emperor
*162/166 – Lucius Verus successful campaigns against the Parthian Empire
*167 – The tribe of the Marcomanni crosses the Danube and invades Dacia
*168/175 – Marcus Aurelius' campaigns against the Marcomanni
*180 – Death of Marcus Aurelius, the last of the Five good emperors; Commodus becomes emperor
*184 – Antonine Wall abandoned for the last time
*193 – Commodus is murdered. After the short two and a half month reign of Pertinax, Septimius Severus becomes emperor. There is opposition from first from Pescennius Niger, then from Clodius Albinus
*197 – Septimius Severus secures the empire after the battle of Lugdunum
*198 – Septimius Severus invades Parthia
===3rd century===
*208/211 – Severus campaigns against the Caledonians
*211 – Severus dies. His son Caracalla becomes emperor
*217 – Caracalla murdered; Macrinus becomes emperor
*218 – Elagabalus usurps the throne
*222 – Elagabalus is murdered. Alexander Severus becomes emperor
*231-3 – War against Persia
*235 – Alexander killed in a soldier mutiny. Maximinus Thrax becomes emperor.
*238 – After revolts in Africa and Rome, Gordian III becomes emperor.
*241 – Victory over the Persians at Resaina.
*244 – Romans defeated at Misiche. Philip the Arab becomes emperor.
*249 – Decius usurps the throne with support from the Danubian legions.
*251 – Decius defeated and slain by Cniva, king of the Goths. Gallus becomes emperor.
*252 – King Shapur I of Persia defeats the Romans at Barbalissos.
*253 – Valerian and his son Gallienus become emperors. Shapur captures Antioch.
*257 – Valerian retakes Antioch. The Franks invade Gaul and Spain. The Alemanni invades Italy but are defeated at Milan.
*258 – Goths invade Asia Minor
*260 – Valerian is taken captive by the Persian. Retreating Persian army attacked by Odaenathus of Palmyra. Postumus proclaimed emperor in Gaul. He is also supported in Spain and Britain.
*267 – Odaenathus assassinated. His widow Zenobia takes control of Palmyra
*268 – Gallienus defeats Gothic invasion, but is later assassinated. Claudius II becomes emperor.
*269 – Postumus is killed. Victorinus proclaimed emperor in Gaul and Britain. The Palmyrenes takes Egypt and Syria. Claudius defeats the Goths at Naissus in Moesia.
*270 – Claudius dies of plague. Aurelian becomes emperor.
*271 – Aurelian campaigns against the Vandals, Juthungi and the Sarmatians. Victorinus is murdered and his soldiers proclaim Tetricus I emperor
*272 – Aurelian defeats Zenobia at Antioch and Emesa and takes Palmyra. Zenobia is captured. The province of Dacia is abandoned.
*273 – Palmyra revolts. The city is destroyed by Aurelian.
*274 – Aurelian defeats the army of Tericus at the Catalaunian fields.
*275 – Aurelian is murdered. Tacitus becomes emperor.
*276 – Tacitus dies. Probus becomes emperor.
*277 – The Burgundians, Longiones, Alemanni and Franks defeated.
*279 – Probus campaigns against the Vandals in Illyricum.
*282 – Carus proclaimed emperor. Probus killed by his own troops.
*283 – Carus dies during an invasion of Persia. His son Numerian becomes emperor.
*284 – Numerian dies. Diocletian becomes emperor.
*285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian co-emperor and assigns to him the western half.
*286 – Carausius revolts in Britain.
*293 – Diocletian appoints Constantius I and Galerius as caesar's. Carausius murdered by Allectus who proclaims himself emperor.
*296 – Allectus defeated and slain.
*299 – Galerius defeats the Sarmatians and the Carpi
===4th century===
*301 – Diocletian issues the Edict on Maximum Prices.
*303 – Diocletian orders the persecution of Christians.
*305 – Diocletian and Maximian abdicates. Constantius and Galerius becomes Augusti. Maximinus is appointed Caesar in the east and Severus in the west.
*306 – Constantius dies at York. His son Constantine I proclaimed emperor. Maxentius, son of Maximian, proclaims himself emperor in Rome.
*307 – Maxentius reinvest his fater Maximian with the purple. Severus is put to death. Galerius lay siege to Rome.
*308 – Conference of Carnuntum. Diocletian convinces Maximian to step down. Licinius appointed Augustus.
*310 – Maximian again proclaims himself emperor, but is captured by Constantine. He commits suicide.
*311 – Galerius dies at Sardica. Maximinus and Licinius split his realm between them.
*312 – Constantine defeats and kills Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. Licinius marries Constantine's sister Constantia
*312- Noone should edit this 
* 313 – 
Licinus defeats Maximinus twice. Maximinus dies at Tarsus.
Constantine issues Edict of Milan, making all religions legal.
*314 – Constantine defeats Licinius at Cibalae
*316 – Diocletian dies.
*317 – Constantine defeats Licinius on the Campus Ardiensis. Licinius forced to cede all his European provinces except Thrace.
*318 – Excommunication of Arius.
*324 – Constantine defeats Licinius at the Hebrus River and at Chrysopolis. Licinius abdicates.
*325 – The Ecumenical Council of Nicaea.
*326 – Constantine orders the death of his oldest son, Crispus.
*330 – Constantine makes Constantinople the capital.
*332 – Constantine campaigns against the Goths.
*334 – Constantine campaigns against the Sarmatians.
*337 – Constantine dies at Nicomedia. His three sons, Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans become emperors.
*338 – Constantine II defats the Alemanni. War with Persia.
*340 – Constantine II invades Italy. He is ambushed and slain by Constans at Aquileia.
*341 – Constans and Constantius II issues a ban against pagan sacrifice.
*347 – The Donatists revolt in Africa.
*348 – Constantius defeats the Persians at the Battle of Singara.
*350 – Magnentius proclaims himself emperor in the west. Constans is captured and killed. Julius Nepotian attacks Rome with a band of gladiators
*351 – Constantius appoints his cousin Constantius Gallus as Caesar. Magnentius is defeated at Mursa.
*353 – Constantius defeats Magnentius at Mons Seleuci. Magnentius commits suicide.
*354 – Gallus is put to death.
*355 – Julian is appointed Caesar in Gaul.
*357 – Julian defeats the Franks at Strasbourg.
*360 – With a Persian war imminent, Constantius orders Julian to send several legions east. The troops mutinies and proclaims Julian Augustus.
*361 – Constantius dies of illness, naming Julian his successor. Julian openly declares himself a pagan, but his attempt at creating a pagan rejuvinal leads to nought.
*363 – Julian invades Persia, but forced to retreat, he is mortally wounded during a skirmish. the soldiers hail Jovian as emperor.
*378 – Valens is defeated and killed by the Goths at the Battle of Adrianople.
*395 – Theodosius I divided the empire into two halves.
===5th century===
*410 – Rome is sacked by Alaric I
*447 – Eastern Rome loses to Attila the Hun
*455 – Rome is plundered by the Vandals
*468 – Leo I launches a naval expedition against the Vandals
*475 – Romulus Augustus becomes emperor
*479 – Romulus Augustus forced to abdicate. Traditional date for the fall of the western Roman Empire.
===6th century: The "Post-Roman" Roman Empire===
*533 – Justinian I begins to restore the empire in the west; Belisarius defeats the Vandals at the Battle of Ad Decimum and the Battle of Ticameron
*536 – Belisarius recaptures Rome from the Ostrogoths
*552 – Narses defeats the Ostrogoths at the Battle of Taginae
*553 – Narses defeats the Ostrogoths at the Battle of Mons Lactarius
*568 – The Lombards invade Italy; no further attempts to restore the empire
*607 – Emperor Phocas donates The Pantheon to the Pope and has a column erected in the Forum.
*663 – Constans II is the last emperor to visit Rome, and the city gradually slips out of imperial control.
==See also==
* Wikipedia article Timelime of Ancient Rome