Timeline of the city of Rome

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The city of Rome, Italy, has had an extensive history since antiquity.

Early history

Tradition states that Romulus and Remus were raised by a wolf before founding Rome in 753 BC.
A map of Rome in 753 BC. Colours show topography, with green lowlands and brown highlands. The Latin names of hills are included in all caps.
A map of the City of the Four Regions, roughly corresponding to the city limits during the later kingdom. The division is traditionally, though probably incorrectly, attributed to Servius Tullius

Republic

19th-century painting of the Gallic leader Brennus looting Rome after the Battle of the Allia in 390 BC
Map of the city of Rome in 44 BC

Imperial city

St Peter, regarded in Catholic tradition as the first Pope, is believed to have been crucified in Rome during the reign of Nero (c. 64–67 AD).
The Colosseum opened in 80 AD
Aurelian wall around 280 AD
The most important buildings inside city of late ancient Rome

Late antiquity and early medieval period

19th-century painting of the Visigothic Sack of Rome in 410 AD
A map of the city of Rome in the 10th and 11th centuries

High Middle Ages

The Papal throne in the Archbasilica of St. John Lateran dates from the 13th century

Roman Renaissance

From 1508 to 1512, Michelangelo painted the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Baroque period

The Church of the Gesù was the first Baroque structure, built in 1568
The current St. Peter's Basilica was finished in 1626
Rome around 1642

19th century and Risorgimento

Illustration of the proclamation of the 1849 Roman Republic in the Piazza del Popolo.
Rome around 1800

20th century and modern Rome

The Altare della Patria was built in honour of King Victor Emmanuel II in 1911
Fascists, led by Benito Mussolini, at the March on Rome in 1922

21st century

See also

Other cities in the macroregion of Central Italy:(it)

References

  1. ↑ Steven Anzovin and Janet Podell, ed. (2000). Famous First Facts. H.W. Wilson Co. ISBN 0824209583.
  2. ↑ "Peter's Fate". Christian History Institute. Retrieved 2026-02-27.
  3. ↑ Brian Jones, The Emperor Domitian (London: Routledge, 1992), p. 80
  4. ↑ Cassius Dio, lxxviii.25
  5. ↑ Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis. Ravenna in Late Antiquity, Cambridge University Press, 2014, p. 46. ISBN 9781107612907
  6. 1 2 "History - AEROPORTI DI ROMA". AEROPORTI DI ROMA. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  7. ↑ "Our history". Atac. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  8. ↑ "Rome 1991". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2026-04-20.

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