| A | B |
|---|
| 900 B.C. | Greek traders sailed up East and West coasts of Italian peninsula |
| 750-500 | Greeks set up farming communities in south Italy and Sicily |
| 900-500 | Etruscans rule north Italy from plains of Etruria |
| 753 | (legend) Romulus founds Rome |
| between 800 and 700 | Latins huddle in huts and agree to form one community (Rome) |
| 620 | Tarquins provided kings to rule over Rome |
| 534 | Tarquin the Proud comes into power |
| 509 | Romans drive Tarquins out |
| 494 | Plebeians go on strike |
| 451 | 12 tables |
| 287 | Plebeians allowed to make laws in assembly of tribes |
| 264 | Rome ruled entire peninsula |
| 264-241 | 1st Punic War |
| 221 | Hannibal became general of Carthaginian army |
| 218 | Hannibal seizes one of Rome's allied cities in Spain, 2nd Punic War begins |
| 216 | battle of Cannae |
| 202 | 2nd Punic War ends, Scipio d. Hannibal |
| 146 | 3rd Punic Wat |
