Rome: History, Former Names & Timeline
The Eternal City. It grew from a small city-state on the Tiber into the centre of a Mediterranean empire, and for a further thousand years was the seat of the Catholic Church.
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Former names of Rome
| From | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 753 BC | Roma | legendary founding by Romulus |
Timeline of Rome
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 753 BC | Legendary founding by Romulus |
| 509 BC | The last king is expelled and the Republic founded |
| 390 BC | The Gauls sack Rome (traditional date) |
| 44 BC | Caesar is assassinated in the Curia of Pompey |
| AD 64 | Great Fire of Rome; Nero persecutes Christians |
| AD 80 | The Flavian Amphitheatre (Colosseum) is completed |
| AD 410 | Alaric's Visigoths sack Rome |
| AD 455 | The Vandals sack Rome |
| AD 800 | Pope Leo III crowns Charlemagne in St Peter's |
| 1527 | Troops of Charles V sack Rome |
| 1871 | Rome becomes capital of unified Italy |
| 1929 | The Lateran Treaty creates Vatican City |
| 1957 | The Treaty of Rome founds the European Economic Community |
Who ruled Rome
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–401 BC | Rome |
| 400 BC–324 BC | Roman Republic |
| 323 BC–301 BC | Rome |
| 300 BC–201 BC | Roman Republic |
| 200 BC–101 BC | Rome |
| 100 BC–2 BC | Roman Republic |
| 1 BC–299 | Roman Empire |
| 300–399 | Rome (Maximian) |
| 400–499 | Western Roman Empire |
| 500–599 | Ostrogoths |
| 600–799 | Eastern Roman Empire |
| 800–899 | Papal States |
| 900–999 | Carolingian Empire |
| 1000–1099 | Holy Roman Empire |
| 1100–1879 | Papal States |
| 1880–1913 | Italy |
| 1914–1919 | Kingdom of Italy |
| 1920–today | Italy |
Battles and sites near Rome
- Battle of the Milvian Bridge · AD 312
Landmarks in and around Rome
PantheonStanding · AD 125
ColosseumRuins · AD 80
St. Peter's BasilicaRebuilt · 1626