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According to Roman legend, Romulus was the founder and first King of Rome, establishing the Roman Kingdom. 752 BC: Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women. He celebrates a further triumph later in the year over the Antemnates. [1]
The myths concerning Romulus involve several distinct episodes and figures, including the miraculous birth and youth of Romulus and his twin brother, Remus; Remus' murder and the founding of Rome; the Rape of the Sabine Women, and the subsequent war with the Sabines; a period of joint rule with Titus Tatius; the establishment of various Roman institutions; the death or apotheosis of Romulus ...
Rome timeline; Roman Kingdom and Republic 753 BC According to legend, Romulus founds Rome. 753–509 BC: Rule of the seven Kings of Rome. 509 BC: Creation of the Republic. 390 BC The Gauls invade Rome. Rome sacked. 264–146 BC Punic Wars. 146–44 BC Social and Civil Wars. Emergence of Marius, Sulla, Pompey and Caesar. 44 BC
The king of Rome (Latin: rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom, a legendary period of Roman history that functioned as an elective monarchy. [1] According to legend , the first king of Rome was Romulus , who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine Hill .
The traditional version of Roman history, which has come down principally through Livy (64 or 59 BC – AD 12 or 17), Plutarch (46–120), and Dionysius of Halicarnassus (c. 60 BC – after 7 BC), recounts that a series of seven kings ruled the settlement in Rome's first centuries.
The Western and Eastern Roman Empires by 476 Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476 AD) – the two halves of the Roman Empire ended at different times, with the Western Roman Empire coming to an end in 476 AD (the end of Ancient Rome). The Eastern Roman Empire (referred to by historians as the Byzantine Empire) survived for nearly a thousand ...
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
630 - The Church of Sant' Agnese is the first Roman church to be constructed in Byzantine style. 725 - The King Ine of Wessex is the first man to create a hostel for pilgrims to Rome. 774 - Charlemagne, King of the Franks, conquers Italy. 800 - Charlemagne is crowned Roman emperor in St. Peter's Basilica.