Outline of Ancient Rome - General History of Ancient Rome

General History of Ancient Rome

  • Founding of Rome
  • Kingdom of Rome
    • Kings of Rome
  • Roman Republic
    • Punic Wars
  • Roman Empire
    • Principate (27 BC – 284 AD) – first period of the Roman Empire, extending from the beginning of the reign of Caesar Augustus to the Crisis of the Third Century, after which it was replaced with the Dominate.
      • Year of the four emperors (69 AD)
      • Nerva–Antonine dynasty (96-192 AD) –
        • Crisis of the third century (235–284 AD)
          • Gallic Empire (260-274 AD)
    • Dominate (284-476 AD) – 'despotic' latter phase of government in the ancient Roman Empire from the conclusion of the Third Century Crisis until the collapse of the Western Empire.
      • Tetrarchy (293-313 AD)
      • Decline of the Roman Empire
        • Western Roman Empire
        • Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire)
    • Fall of the Roman Empire (476 AD)
  • Legacy of the Roman Empire

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