The Entire Roman Empire Timeline Explained

Archaeologists have found that continual habitation of the Palatine Hill , one of the seven hills that formed the city of Rome , began close to the year 1000 BC .

This means that the so-called Eternal City has actually only been a site of human habitation for about 3020 years .

The ancient Romans held that their civilization was founded in 753 BC .

However, Rome 's actual founding can be traced to a date that lies 125 years later .

In 390 BC , foreign soldiers sacked the city of Rome , a beat nobody else would manage for the next 800 years .

The 12 Tables of Law were created in either the year 451 or 450 BC .

They represent some of the earliest known codified laws that have served as the basis for law throughout history, even influencing some modern legal documents.

In 60 BC , 3 generals Gaius Julius Caesar , Marcus Licinius Crassus , Anaus Pompeius Magnus banded together to form an alliance that would come to be known as the First Triumvirate.

In 48 BC , Pompeii and Caesar met in battle, and Pompeii fled to Egypt , where he was promptly murdered.

Caesar then took on the title of dictator, effectively becoming the first emperor of Rome .