History of Rome •
Timeline of Roman history •
Timeline of the city of Rome History of Rome, by period or event Timeline of the city of Rome • Rome during the
Roman Kingdom (c. 753-509 BC) •
Founding of Rome (circa 752 BC) • Founding myth:
Romulus and Remus •
Overthrow of the Roman monarchy (509 BC) – expulsion of the last king of Rome, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, and the establishment of the Roman Republic. • Rome during the
Roman Republic (509-27 BC) •
Siege of Rome (508 BC) – Rome is besieged by the city of Clusium •
Sack of Rome (390 BC) – Rome is sacked by the Senones, after the Battle of the Allia •
Rise of Rome (circa 100 BC to the 4th century AD) • Rome during the
Roman Empire (27 BC-285 AD) •
List of Roman emperors •
Great Fire of Rome (64 AD) • Rome during the
Western Roman Empire (285-476AD) •
Sack of Rome (410) – Rome is besieged and sacked by Alaric, King of the Visigoths •
Sack of Rome (455) – Rome is besieged and sacked by Genseric, King of the Vandals •
Deposition of Romulus Augustulus (476) – marked the end of the Western Roman Empire, and the beginning of the European Middle Ages • Rome during the
Kingdom of Odoacer (476–493) • Rome during the
Ostrogothic Kingdom (493–553) •
Siege of Rome (537–538) – Belisarius defends the city against the Ostrogoths •
Siege of Rome (546) – Rome is besieged, sacked and depopulated by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, Rome during the Gothic War •
Siege of Rome (549–550) – Rome is besieged and captured by Totila, King of the Ostrogoths, Rome during the Gothic War • Rome during the
Eastern Roman Empire (553–754) • Rome during the
Papal States (754–1870) •
Siege of Rome (756) – Rome is besieged by the Lombard prince
Aistulf •
Arab raid against Rome (846) – Saracen raiders plundered the outskirts of the city of Rome, sacking the basilicas of Old St Peter's and St Paul's-Outside-the-Walls, but were prevented from entering the city itself by the Aurelian Wall. •
Sack of Rome (1084) – Rome is sacked by the Normans under Robert Guiscard •
Roman Renaissance – mid-15th to the mid-16th centuries •
Banquet of Chestnuts •
Sack of Rome (1527) – Rome is sacked by the mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, marking the end of the Roman Renaissance. •
Annexation of Rome by France – the French invaded, under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte, establishing the Department of Rome. Rome became a canton within the Arrondissement of Rome. •
Siege of Rome (1849) – Rome is besieged by French Second Republic forces Rome during the short-lived Roman Republic • Rome during the
Kingdom of Italy (1870–1946) •
Capture of Rome – Rome was captured by Italian forces in September 1870, ending the
Risorgimento, and establishing Rome as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. It marked both the final defeat of the Papal States under Pope Pius IX and the unification of the Italian peninsula under King Victor Emmanuel II of the House of Savoy. •
Lateran Treaty – treaty signed between Italy and the Catholic Church in 1929. It settled the
Roman Question, established the
Holy See as a
sovereign entity, and recognized
Vatican City as an independent state and the sovereign territory of the Holy See, within Rome. •
Holy See – headquartered in its sovereign territory, Vatican City. •
Vatican City (
outline) – established in 1929 in the Lateran Treaty as the sovereign territory of the
Holy See. It becomes an
enclave, within Rome. • Rome during the
Italian Republic (1946–present)
History of Rome, by subject •
List of popes • History of sports in Rome • History of racing in Rome •
Rome Grand Prix == Culture in Rome ==