Rome: Urban Development from Regal Period to Early Empire (c. 753 BCE–14 CE)

1. Traditional founding date of Rome (Parilia)

   Apr 21, 753 BCELabels: Founding Ritual, Natale di

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   • Natale Roma

2. Cloaca Maxima begun to drain lowlands

   Jan 1, 600 BCELabels: Cloaca Maxima, Forum Valley

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   • Cloaca Maxima

3. Temple of Capitoline Jupiter inaugurated (traditional)

   Jan 1, 509 BCELabels: Temple of, Capitoline Hill

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   • Jupiter Temple

4. Twelve Tables published in the Forum (traditional)

   Jan 1, 450 BCELabels: Twelve Tables, Roman Forum

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5. Servian Wall built around the expanded city

   Jan 1, 378 BCELabels: Servian Wall, City Fortifications

   • Servian Wall

6. Aqua Appia, Rome’s first aqueduct, completed

   Jan 1, 312 BCELabels: Aqua Appia, Roman Aqueduct

   • Aqua Appia
   • Aqua Appia

7. Via Appia begun from Rome’s Forum outward

   Jan 1, 312 BCELabels: Via Appia, Roman Road

   • Appian Way

8. Basilica Porcia built as first civil basilica

   Jan 1, 184 BCELabels: Basilica Porcia, Cato the

   • Basilica Porcia

9. Theatre of Pompey dedicated, first permanent theater

   Jan 1, 55 BCELabels: Theatre of, Campus Martius

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   • Pompey Theatre

10. Forum of Caesar dedicated near the old Forum

    Jan 1, 46 BCELabels: Forum of, Forum Iulium

    • Forum Caesar
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11. Mausoleum of Augustus begun on the Campus Martius

    Jan 1, 28 BCELabels: Mausoleum of, Campus Martius

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12. Ara Pacis dedicated to Augustan Peace

    Jan 30, 9 BCELabels: Ara Pacis, Augustus

    • Ara Pacis
    • Ara Pacis Museum

13. Forum of Augustus and Temple of Mars Ultor inaugurated

    Aug 1, 2 BCELabels: Forum of, Temple of

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    • Forum Augustus

14. Augustus dies; Res Gestae prepared for publication

    Aug 19, 14Labels: Res Gestae, Augustus

    • Res Gestae
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