History of Ancient Rome

The causal chain, 509 BC to AD 476: the oath builds the Republic machine; the machine splits into the legions and the politics; the branches converge on Augustus, and the empire runs on the deal's ghost. Hover or focus a node for its story.500 BC400 BC300 BC200 BC100 BCAD 0AD 100AD 200AD 300AD 400AD 500the legions− 3 morethe politics− 5 moreThe oath: never again a king509 BCstart hereThe plebs walk out494 BCLaw, written down451 BCThe machine completes287 BCRome goes to sea264 BCCannae: the worst day216 BCZama: Hannibal beaten202 BCCarthage erased146 BCMarius: the poor enlist107 BCCaesar takes Gaul58 BCThe Rubicon49 BCTiberius Gracchus killed133 BCGaius follows121 BCItaly demands the deal91 BCSulla marches on Rome88 BCThe lists go up82 BCCicero vs Catiline63 BCThe Ides of March44 BCThe Republic dies at Philippi42 BCActium: the last army standing31 BCThe restoration™27 BCThe empire at high tideAD 117Everyone becomes RomanAD 212The machine sliced in fourAD 284The West lets go; the East enduresAD 476