STAGES OF ROMAN HISTORY
I.
MONARCHY
(753-509BCE)
April 21, 753 BC
Romulus and Remus Found Rome
Named kings ca. 600-509
II.
REPUBLIC
(509-31 BCE
509 Brutus and friends expel King Tarquin the Proud
Checks & balances, term limits. Distribution of power
Battle of the Orders ca. 500-ca. 300
Conquest of Italy 509-279
Punic Wars 261-149
Mediterranean Conquest and Civil wars
149-31
III.
ROMAN EMPIRE
(27BCE – 1453 AD/CE)
A.
The Principate
(27BCE – 180 AD/CE or 235 AD/CE)
Octavian (Augustus Caesar) (27BCE-14AD/CE)
"restores the Republic" (creates an Empire in disguise)
Julio –Claudian Emperors 27 BCE – 67AD/CE
"Five Good Emperors" 98-180
B.
Chaos / Military Anarchy / Imperial Crisis
(third century)
C.
Later Roman Empire
(284-476 in the West; 284-ca. 600 in the East)
Diocletian (284-303)
Constantine (305, 312, 324 -337)