CHRONOLOGICAL  TABLES  OF ROMAN  HISTORY,
 

9B.OM. THE  FOUNDATION OF THE CITY, B.C. 753, TO THE FALL OF THE  WESTERN EVPIttX, A.©. 478
 

753 Foundation of Rome on the Palatine Mount, on the

     Palilia, the 21st of April.  This is the era of Varro.

     According to Cato, Rome was founded in B.C. 751;

     according to Polybius, in B.C. 750; according to

     Fabius Pictor, in 747.

753 Itomulus,  first  Roman king, reigned thirty-seven

 to   years.  Rape  of the  Sabine women  Conquest

716  of the Caeninenses, Crustumini, and Antemnates.

     War and league with the  Sabines, who settle on

     the Capitoline and Quirinal, under their king Ta¬

     tius.  Tatius slain at Laurentum.  Wars with Fi-

     denae and Veii.

716 Interregnum for a year.

716 Numa Pompilius, second Roman  king.  The length

 to   of Numa's reign is stated differently.  Livy makes

673  it 43 years;  Cicero, who follows Polybius, 39 years.

     Constant peace  during Numa's  reign.  Institution

     of religious ceremonies and regulation of the year.

673 Tullus Hostilius, third Roman king, reigned 32 years,

 to   Destruction of Alba, and removal of its inhabitants

641  to Rome.  War with Veii and Fidenae.  League

      with the Latins.

640 Ancus Marcius, fourth Roman king, reigned 24 years.

 to   Origin of the plebeians, consisting  of  conquered

616   Latins settled on the Aventine. Extension of the

      city.  Ostia founded.

616 L.  Tarquinius Priscus, fifth Roman king.  Greatness

 to    of the Roman monarchy.  Great public works un-

578   dertaken.  Conquest  of the Sabines and Latins.

      The senate  increased to  300. The number of the

      equites doubled.  Institution of the minores gentes.

678 Servius Tullius, sixth Roman king, reigned 44 years.

 to   He  adds the Esquiline  and Viminalis to the city,

 534  and surrounds the  city with a stone wall.  Consti¬

      tution of Servius Tullius.   Institution of the 30 ple¬

      beian tribes, and ofthe comitia centuriata.

 534 L. Tarquinius Superbus, last Roman king.  The con-

 to   stitution of Servius Tullius abrogated.  Tarquin be-

 ■•510  comes ruler of Latium.  Makes war upon the Vol¬

      scians, and conquers Suessa Pometia.   Sends colo¬

      nies to Sigma and Circeii.  Expulsion  of the Tar¬

      quins and establishment of the republic.

 B0$ Coss.  L. Junius Brutus.  Slain in battle.

          L. Tarquinius  Collatinus, Abdicated.

          Sp. Lucretius Tricipitinus.  Died.

          M. Horatius Pulvillus.

          P. Valerius Poplicola.

    War with the Etruscans, and death of Brutus in bat¬

       tle.  First treaty with Carthage.

 506 Coss. P. Valerius Poplicola II.

          T. Lucretius Tricipitinus.

     War with Porsena, king of Clusium.

 m Coss. P. Valerius Poplicola III.

          W Horatius Pulvillus II.

     Dedication of the Capitoline temple by the consul

       Horatius.

 SOtS Coss  Sp. Lartius Flavus s. Rufus.

           T. Herminius Aquilinus.

 60fl Cess  IT  Valerius Volusus.
 

         P. Postumius Tubertus.

504 Coss. P. Valerius Poplicola IV.

         T. Lucretius Tricipitinus II.

    Appius Claudius removes to Rome.

503 Coss. P. Postumius  Tubertus H.

         Agrippa Menenius Lanatus.

    Death of P. Valerius Poplicola.

502 Coss. Opiter Virginius Tricostus.

         Sp. Cassius Viscellinus.

501 Coss. Postumus Cominius Auruncus.

         T. Lartius  Flavus s. Rufus.

    Institution of the dictatorship.  T. LartlLS Fiavna &

      Rufus was the first dictator, and  Sp. Cassiua Vl»

      cellinus the first magister equitum.

500 Coss. Ser. Sulpicius Camerinus Cornutus

         M. Tullius  Longus.  Died,

499 Coss. T. ebutius Elva.

         P. Veturius Geminus Cicurinus.

498 Coss. T. Lartius  Flavus s. Rufus II.

         Q. Closlius (Volcula) Siculus.

    Diet. A. Postumius  Albus Regillensis.

    Mag. Eq. T. ebutius Elva.

    Battle of Lake Regillus, in which the Latins are de¬

      feated by the  Romans.   Some writers place thia

      battle in B.C.  496,  in which  year Postumius was

      consul.

497 Coss.  A. Sempronius  Atratinus.

          M. Minucius Augurinus.

496 Coss.  A. Postumius Albus Regillensis.

          T. Virginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus.

    Tarquinius Superbus  dies at Cumae.

495 Coss.  Ap. Claudius Sabinus Regillensis.

          P. Servilius Priscus Structus.

    Oppression of the  plebeians by the  patricians. Ths

      tribes increased from 20 to 21 by the addition of the

      tribus Claudia.

494 Coss.  A. Virginius Tricostus Caeliomontanus.

          T. Veturius Geminus Cicurinus.

    Diet.  M\ Valerius Volusus Maximus.

    Mag. Eq. Cl. Servilius Priscus  Structus.

    First secession of the plebs to the Sacred Mount  Ia

      stitution of the Tribuni plebis and ediles plebls

      Colony sent to Velitrae.

 493 Coss. Sp. Cassius Viscellinus II.

          Postumus Cominius Auruncus H.

    Treaty with the Latins concluded  by  Sp.  Cassiua

      War with the  Volscians, and capture of CoriolL

 492 Coss. T. Geganius Macerinus.

          P. Minucius Augurinus.

    Lex Icilia.  Famine at Rome.   Colony sent to Norba

 491 Coss. M Minucius  Augurinus II.

          A. Sempronius Atratinus II.

    M. Coriolanus goes into exile among the Volscians.

 490 Coss. Q. Sulpicius  Camerinus Cornutus.

          Sp. Lartius Flavus s. Rufus II.

 489 Coss. C. Julius Julus.

          P. Pinarius Mamercinus Rufus.

     The  Volscians,  commanded by CorVranua, o fool

       Rome.