Early Roman Republic (509-264 BC), Chronology

Early Roman Republic (509-264 BC): Chronology

509 Battle: Silva Arsia (Lazio)
509 Treaty: Rome and Carthage, First
509 Office of consul created
509 Office of quaestor created
508 Lars Porsena besieged Rome
506 Battle: Aricia (Lazio)

505-264 Roman Conquest of Italy

505-338 Rome and her Neighbours

504 Battle: Cures (Lazio)
504 Sabines migrate to Rome
501 Office of dictator created
501 Titus Lartius (dictator)
501 Office of Master of the Cavalry created
5th century Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
5th century Gauls raided Po Valley
498-493 First Latin War
496 Battle: Lake Regillus (Lazio)
495 Attus Clausus (Sabine)
495 Latin colony: Signia (Lazio)
495 Volsci took Cora & Pometia (Lazio)
494 Latin colony: Velitrae (Lazio)
494 First Secession of the Plebs
494 Lex Sacrata (tribunes sacrosanct)
494 Plebeian tribunes installed
494 Plebeian aediles installed
493 Marcius Coriolanus
493 Treaty of Cassius (Rome-Latin League)
493-393 Volsci and the Aequi
493 Coriolanus’ attack on Corioli (Volscian)
492 Latin colony: Norba (Lazio)
492 Famine in Rome
488 Famine in Rome
486 Hernici (Lazio) joined Latin League
485-287 Conflict of the Orders
485 Proposed redistribution of ager publicus
485 Spurius Cassius condemned
485-478 Gelon (Syracuse)
483-396 Conquest of Veii
483-474 First Veientine War
480 Victory over the Veientes (Lazio)
480 Battle: Himera        (Sicily)
478-466 Hieron I (Syracuse)
477 Battle: Cremera River (Lazio)
474 Sea Battle: Cumae (Campania)
474 Truce: forty-year with Veii (Etruria)
471 Lex Publilia Voleronis (Tribal Assembly)
468-446 Quinctius Capitolinus
468 Romans captured Antium (Lazio)
467 Latin colony: Antium (Lazio)
462 Commission to study laws proposed
461 Capitolinus defended Caeso Quinctius
460-395 Thucydides (historian; Greece)
458 Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus (dictator)
458 Battle: Mount Algidus (Lazio)
456 Lex Icilia (public land)
450-449 Decemviri ruled
449 Leges Duodecim Tabulae (Twelve Tables)
449 Second Secession of the Plebs
449 Lex Valeria Horatia (plebeians’ rights)
446 Battle: Corbione (Lazio)
445 Third Secession of the Plebs
445 Lex Canuleia (intermarriage)
444 Treaty: Ardea (Lazio)
444 Military tribunes with consular power
444-365 Marcus Furius Camillus
443 Office of censor created
442 Latin colony: Ardea (Lazio)
439 Rebellion by Spurius Maelius (Rome)
437-435 Second Veientine War
437-435 Siege: Fidenae (Lazio),
431.06.19 Battle: Algidus (Lazio)
424 Sabellians capture Capua (Campania)
421 Sabellians capture Cumae (Campania)
418 Latin colony: Labici (Lazio)
413 Volscians driven from Ferentinum
406 Tarracina (Lazio) captured by Romans
406-396 Third Veientine War (Lazio)
405-396 Siege of Veii (Lazio)
405-367 Dionysius I of Syracuse
404 Volscians driven from Velitrae (Lazio)
396 Fall of Veii (Lazio)
396 Gallic Insubres founded Mediolanum (=Milan, Lombardy)
395 Rome defeated the Capenati (Lazio)
394 Rome defeated the Falisci (Etruria)
393 Latin colony: Circeii (Lazio)

(390/387 BC) Gallic Invasion of Rome

390-349 Gauls [1/2]
390 Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy)
390 Battle: the Trausian Plain (Lazio)
390.07.18 Battle: Allia River (Lazio)

389-349 Roman Expansion

389-388 Aequi (BC)
389 Battle of Bolae (Aequi; Lazio)
389-345 Volsci
389-377 War with the Volscians (Lazio)
389 Battle of Maecium (Lazio)
388 Romans quell the Aequi (Lazio)
387 Arnensis, Sabatina, Stellatina and Tromentina tribes added (25)
386 First Battle of Satricum (Lazio)
385 Latin colony: Satricum (Lazio)
384 Dionysius I sacked Pyrgi (Lazio)
383 Latin colony: Sutrium (Lazio)
383 Latin colony: Nepete (Lazio)
383 Latin colony: Setia (Lazio)
381 Tusculum given full Roman citizenship
378-350 Republican Wall built (Rome)
377 Second Battle of Satricum (Lazio)
376 Licinian Rogations (plebeian consuls)
367 Lex Licinia Sextia (plebeian consuls)
367 First Battle of the Anio River (Lazio)
366 Office of praetor created
366 Office of curule aedile created
361 Via Salaria to R-Castrum Truentinum (Marche)
361 Second Battle of the Anio River (Lazio)
361 Alliance: Gauls and Tibur (Lazio)
361-354 War against Tibur (Lazio)
360 Battle: Colline Gate (Rome)
359 Pact: Gauls and Praeneste (Lazio)
358 Roman occupied ager Pomptinus
358 Poblilia and Pomptina tribes added (27)
358-351 War with Tarquinii (Etruria)
357 Interest rate fixed at one twelfth/annum
356 Hernici subdued (Lazio)
355 Romans captured Empulum (Lazio)
354 Romans captured Sassula (Lazio)
354 Tibur (Lazio) surrendered to the Romans
354 First treaty with the Samnites
353 Hundred years’ truce with Caere (Lazio)
350 Celts captured Capua and Cumae
349 Battle: Alban Mount (Lazio)
348 Second treaty with Carthage (N Africa)
346 Romans destroyed Satricum (Lazio)
345 Romans captured Sora (Lazio)
344 Via Latina to R-Casilinum (Campania)
343 Alliance: Rome-Falerii (Lazio)

343-290 Samnite and Latin Wars

343-341 First Samnite War
343 Samnites attacked Teanum Sidicinum (Campania)
343 Samnites attacked Capua (Campania)
343 Battle: Mount Gaurus (Campania)
343 Battle: Saticula (Campania)
343 Battle: Suessula (Campania)
342 Fourth Secession of the Plebs
342 Romans gained control of Capua
341 Second treaty with the Samnites
341-338 Second Latin War
341 Capua joined the revolt
340 Battle: Vesuvius (Campania)
339 Battle: Trifanum (Campania)
339 Leges Publiliae Philonis (plebiscita)
339.06 Battle of Crimissus (Sicily)
338 Battle: Antium (Lazio)
338 Italian League disbanded
338 Ius Latii (Latin rights)
338 Roman colony: Antium (Lazio)
338 Capua given cives sine suffragio
336 Alliance: Rome-Teanum (Campania)
344 Via Latina to Casilinum (Campania)
334 Latin colony: Cales (Campania)
332 Acerrae (Campania) granted civitas sine suffragio (half-citizenship)
332 Maecia and Scaptia tribes added (29)
330 Alliance: Rome-Fabrateria (Lazio)
330 Alliance: Rome-Frusino (Lazio)
329 Latin colony: Tarracina (Lazio)
328 Latin colony: Fregellae (Lazio)
327-326 Siege: Neapolis (Campania)
326-304 Second Samnite War
326Lex Poetelia Papiria (debt bondage)
326 Neapolitans make peace with Rome
321 Battle: Caudine Forks (Campania)
320 Battle: Luceria (Apulia)
320-318 Treaties: Arpi, Teanum and Canusium (Apulia)
319 Battle: Satricum (Lazio)
318 Falerna and Oufentina tribes added (31)
316 Nuceria and Nola sided with the Samnites (Campania)
316 Sora expelled its Roman garrison
315 Battle: Lautulae (Lazio)
315 Revolt: Aurunci (Campania)
315 Samnite party in Capua revolted
314 Aurunci and Capua defeated
314 Battle: Tarracina (Lazio)
314 Latin colony: Luceria (Apulia)
313 Treaty: Nola
313 Romans recapture Fregellae
313 Latin colonies: Suessa Aurunca, Saticula (Campania); Pontiae, Interamna (Lazio)
312 Appius Claudius built the Aqua Appia and the Via Appia to Capua (Campania)
312 Lex Ovinia (censors to appoint senators)
312 Reform of Appius Claudius
312 Via Appia: Rome-Capua (Campania)
311 First duumviri navales elected
311-308 Etruscan War
311 Etruscans besieged Sutrium (Lazio)
311 Two battles at Sutrium (Rome/Etruria)
310 Agathocles (Syracuse) invaded Africa
310 Roman squadron raided Nuceria area
310 Battle: Perusia (Umbria)
310 Truces: Arretium, Cortona (Tuscany); and Perusia (Umbria)
310 Battle: Lake Vadimo (Lazio)
310 Marcius (3) captured Allifae (Campania)
308 Volsci fortresses captured by Decius (2) 308 Truce: one-year with Etruscans
        (Lazio)
308 Truce: forty-year with Tarquinii (Lazio)
308 Battle: Mevania (Umbria)
308 Alliances: Rome-Camerinum (Marche) and Ocriculum (Umbria)
308 Peace with Etruscans (Lazio)
307-306 Revolt: Hernici (Lazio)
306 Anagnia (Hernici) stormed
306 Treaty: third with Carthage (N Africa)
306-168 Antigonid Dynasty (Macedon)
305 Battle: Bovianum (Molise)
304 Alliance: Rome-Samnites (renewed)
304 Alliances: Rome- Marrucini, Marsi, Paeligni (Abruzzo), Frentani (Molise)
304 Repeal of reform of Appius Claudius (3)
304 Ius Civile Flavianum (civil law)
303 Arpinum and Trebula (Lazio) granted civitas sine suffragio (half-citizenship)
303 Latin colony: Sora (Volsci)
303 Latin colony: Alba Fucens (Aequi)
302 Alliance: Rome-Vestini (Abruzzo)
302 Lex Ogulnia (priestly colleges)
300-299 Siege: Nequinum (Umbria)
299 Latin colony: Narnia (Umbria)
299 Treaty: Picentes
299 Aniensis and Teretina tribes added (33)
299 Gauls and Etruscans raid south Etruria
298 Alliance: Rome and Gauls
298 Latin colony: Carsioli (Aequi)
298 Lucani (Basilicata) allied with Rome
298-290 Third Samnite War
298 Battle: Volterra (Tuscany)
297 Battle: Tifernum (Umbria)
296 Samnites raided ager Falernus (Camp.)
296 Roman colony: Minturnae (Lazio)
296 Roman colony: Sinuessa (Lazio)
295 Battle: Camerinum (Umbria)
295 Battle: Sentinum     (Marche)
294 Treaty: forty-year with Volsinii, Arretium and Perusia (Etruscans)
294 Battle: Luceria (Apulia)
293 Romans capture Amiternum (Sabine)
293 Battle: Aquilonia (Campania)
292 Truce: Falerii (Lazio)
292 Romans captured Venusia (Basilicata)
291 Latin colony at Venusia (Basilicata)
290 Fourth treaty with the Samnites
290 Sabines (Central Italy) granted civitas sine suffragio (half-citizenship)
290 Latin colony: Hadria (Picenum)
287 Fifth Secession of the Plebs (last)
287 Lex Hortensia (plebeian laws binding)
284-283 Gauls [2/2]
284 Alliance: Etruscans and the Boii
284 Battle: Arretium (Tuscany)
283 Rome subdued the Senones (1) (Marche)
283 Roman colony: Sena Gallica (Marche)
283 Battle: Lake Vadimo (Lazio)
283 Treaty: Rome and the Boii
282 Battle: Populonia (Tuscany)
282 Roman garrison at Thurii (Calabria)
282 Tarentines (Apulia) attack Roman fleet
282 Tarentines captured Thurii (Calabria)
281 Battle: Corupedium (Asia Minor)
280 Defeat of the Volsci and Volsinii
280 Alliances: Rome-Populonia, Rusellae, Vetulonia, Volterra (Tuscany); Tarquinii
       Volsinii, Vulci (Lazio)
280-146 Achaean League (Greece)

280-264 Conquest of Southern Italy

280-275 Pyrrhic War
280.07 Battle: Heraclea (Lucania)
279 Battle: Asculum (2) (Apulia)
279 Treaty: fourth with Carthage (N Africa)
278 Pyrrhus crossed to Syracuse (Sicily)
277 Pyrrhus captured Enna, Azonae, Selinus, Halicyae, Segesta and Mont Eryx (Sicily)
277 Siege: Lilybaeum (Sicily)
277 Battle: Cranita Hills (Samnium)
276 Pyrrhus captured Panormus (Sicily)
276 Sea Battle: Messina Strait (Italy)
275 Battle: Beneventum (Campania)
273-264 End of Pre-Roman Italy
273 Caere (Lazio) taken by the Romans
273 Latin colony: Cosa (Lazio)
273 Latin colony: Paestum (Campania)
273 Friendship with Egypt
272 Romans captured Tarentum (Apulia)
272 Defeat of Samnites, Lucanians, Bruttians
272 Alliances: Rome-Thurii (Calabria); Metapontum, Heraclea (Basilicata); and Elea (Campania)
270 Rhegium (Calabria) captured
269 Samnite League: revolt & dissolution
268 Latin colony: Beneventum (Campania)
268 Sassinates (Umbrian) defeated
268 Picenes (Marche) defeated
268 Latin colony: Ariminum (Emilia-Romagna)
267-266 Messapian War (Apulia)
266 Messapians (Apulia) defeated
266 Brundisium (Apulia) captured
265 Battle:  Longanus River (Sicily)
265-264 Revolt: Volsinii (Lazio)
264 Volsinii Nova (Lazio) founded
264 Latin colony:  Firmum (Marche)
264 Roman colony: Castrum Novum (Lazio)
264 Carthaginians garrisoned Lilybaeum

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