Timeline of Ancient Rome - 4th Century BC

4th Century BC

• 396 BC
  • Rome captures and sacks the Etruscan city of Veii after a 10-year siege, the final assault was conducted by Marcus Furius Camillus
  • Roman soldiers earn their first salary
• 394 BC : Office of consul replaces Tribuni militum consulari potestate.
• 391 BC : Office of Tribuni militum consulari potestate replaces office of consul.
• 390 BC : Gauls defeat Roman army : battle of the Allia
  • sack of Rome by the Gauls
• 375/371 BC : Anarchy years: no magistrates elected
• 367 BC : Office of consul replaces Tribuni militum consulari potestate for last time.
• 366 BC : Patricians agree to allow Plebeian Consuls to be elected (the first being Lucius Sextius Sextinus). By this, Plebeians acquire de facto right to be elected Censor or appointed Dictator. As a concession, the Plebeians allow the Patricians to create the offices of Praetor and Curule Aedile, and allow only Patricians to run for these offices.
• 351 BC : Elected : first non-patrician Dictator
• 351 BC : Elected : first non-patrician censor
• 343 BC : Rome captures Campania and Capua : First Samnite War
• 342 BC
  • Battle of Mount Gaurus.
  • Lex Genucia passed:
    • no man can hold the same office before 10 years have elapsed from the first election
  • Second law passed, disallowing any man from holding two offices at once.
• 341 BC : Rome withdraws from the conflict with the Samnites. End of First Samnite War.
• 340 BC: Latin League pushes for independence : Latin War
• 339 BC : Law passed (the lex Publilia) which requires the election of one Plebeian censor for each five year term.
• 338 BC : Latin League dissolved and Rome controls territory : Latin War Ends.
• 337 BC : Elected the first non-patrician Praetor (Q. Publilius Philo).
• 326 BC : Second Samnite War begins
  • Samnites attack Campagnia
  • 321 BC : Battle of the Caudine Forks.
  • 316 BC : Battle of Lautulae.
  • 311 BC : Etruscans join the Samnites against Rome.
  • 310 BC : Battle of Lake Vadimo between Rome and the Etruscans.
  • 308 BC : Second Samnite war escalates as Umbrians, Picentini, and Marsians join against Rome.
  • 306 BC : The Hernici revolt against Rome (Livy ix. 42).
  • 305 BC : Samnite forces broken : Battle of Bovianum
  • 304 BC
  • Aequi defeated.
  • Rome conquers Central and Southern Italy
  • Second Samnite War ends
• 300 BC : Lex Ogulnia passed: priesthoods opened to plebeians