753BC Rome founded by Romulus; at first it was a monarchy, ruled by seven kings, until
Tarquinius Superbus was expelled from Rome by Brutus
509BC The Republic (‘Res Publica’) is founded
146BC Carthage is destroyed; the Third Punic War ends
91BC The Social Wars (wars between the Roman Republic and other cities and tribes in
Italy who have been socii of Rome for centuries; the Italian allies want Roman citizenship
and the right to vote at Rome as they believed that due to their cultural, social, linguistics
and military ties, they should be treated as equal to the Romans
82BC Sulla is the Dictator of Rome
81BC Sulla steps down from dictatorship
80BC Sulla’s consulship
79BC Sulla becomes private citizen
78BC Sulla dies
75BC Cicero’s quaestorship in Lilybaeum, Sicily
73-71BC Verres’ governorship in Sicily
70BC Consulships of Pompey and Crassus; Cicero’s prosecution of Verres
69BC Cicero’s aedileship; Caesor’s quaestorship in Spain
67BC lex Gabinia granting Pompey imperium against the Pirates
66BC lex Manilia granting Pompey imperium against Mithridates
65BC Caesar’s aedileship
64BC Cato’s quaestorship
63BC Cicero’s consulship; Caesar Pontifex Maximus; lex agraria of Rullus; Pro Rabirio; Trial
of Murena; Catilinarian conspiracy; Senatus consultum ultimum on the conspirators in
December
62BC The Bona Dea scandal; Cato’s tribuneship; Caesar’s praetorship; Pompey returns
from the East
61BC Trial of Clodius; Caesar’s governorship in Further Spain
Tarquinius Superbus was expelled from Rome by Brutus
509BC The Republic (‘Res Publica’) is founded
146BC Carthage is destroyed; the Third Punic War ends
91BC The Social Wars (wars between the Roman Republic and other cities and tribes in
Italy who have been socii of Rome for centuries; the Italian allies want Roman citizenship
and the right to vote at Rome as they believed that due to their cultural, social, linguistics
and military ties, they should be treated as equal to the Romans
82BC Sulla is the Dictator of Rome
81BC Sulla steps down from dictatorship
80BC Sulla’s consulship
79BC Sulla becomes private citizen
78BC Sulla dies
75BC Cicero’s quaestorship in Lilybaeum, Sicily
73-71BC Verres’ governorship in Sicily
70BC Consulships of Pompey and Crassus; Cicero’s prosecution of Verres
69BC Cicero’s aedileship; Caesor’s quaestorship in Spain
67BC lex Gabinia granting Pompey imperium against the Pirates
66BC lex Manilia granting Pompey imperium against Mithridates
65BC Caesar’s aedileship
64BC Cato’s quaestorship
63BC Cicero’s consulship; Caesar Pontifex Maximus; lex agraria of Rullus; Pro Rabirio; Trial
of Murena; Catilinarian conspiracy; Senatus consultum ultimum on the conspirators in
December
62BC The Bona Dea scandal; Cato’s tribuneship; Caesar’s praetorship; Pompey returns
from the East
61BC Trial of Clodius; Caesar’s governorship in Further Spain
