Troy Trojan War, 13th or 12th c. BC

Aeneas Anchises Ascanius

Plain of Latium Latinus

Turnus of the Rutuli

Alba Longa Numitor

Amulius Rhea Silvia

R. Tiber Romulus and Remus

Romulus (r. 753-15 BC)

Numa Pompilius (r. 715-673): Religion

Tullius Hostilius (r. 673-42): Senate house,conquest of Alba Longa

Ancus Marcius (r. 642-17): Extends Romanterritories, builds port at Ostia

Tarquinius Priscus (Tarquin the Elder, r. 616-579): Etruscan, builder, incl. of CloacaMaxima and temples on Capitoline

Servius Tullius (r. 578-35): Former slave,city wall, governing assembly

Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (Tarquin the Proud,r. 535-10/09): Married to Tullia, tyrant,expanded Roman territory but driven outby Roman aristocracy

Rape of Lucretia

Sextus Tarquinius

Lucius Junius Brutus, first Consul

c. 900 BC First inhabitants at hills destined tobecome Rome

mid-8th c. BC Unification of settlements

Etruscans Republic (res publica)

390 BC Gauls sack Rome

338 BC Romans defeat Latin opponents, assertcontrol over Latium

Roman citizenship Ostia

Latin rights

Citizenship without vote

295 BC Romans defeat Samnites, UmbriansEtruscans and Gauls at Sentinum

280 BC Inhabitants of Tarentum call in helpof Pyrrhus of Epirus

275 BC Romans defeat Pyrrhus at Beneventum

272 Death of Pyrrhus. Surrender of Tarentum

Roman style of rule

Titus Livius (c. 59 BC-17 AD)

Early life in Patavium (Padua), then moved toRome

29 BC Began Ab Urbe Condita (From theFounding of the City)

Livy

Never held public office

Suspected of republican sympathies by Emperor Augustus (r. 31 BC-14 AD)

Published work in installments

Died in Patavium

Livy