27 BC– Republic dies, beginning of the Roman Empire with Augustus first emperor of Rome
9 AD– Verrus's three Roman legions are annihilated by the Germans at Teutoburg Forest
14 AD–Augustus dies
43 AD– Claudius takes Britannia
64 AD– Great Fire of Rome
69 AD- Year of the four emperors
79AD- Vesuvius erupts, destroying Pompeii and Herculaneum
98AD– Trajan becomes emperor
117AD– Hadrian becomes emperor
180 AD– Marcus Aurelius dies, the last of the Five good emperors.
238AD– Year of the Six Emperors.
260AD– Valerian captured by the Persians.
312AD– Constantine defeats Maxentius at Milvian Bridge.
313AD– Edict of Milan, ending persecution of Christians.
410AD– Rome sacked by Alaric
452AD– Attila the Hun turned away by Pope Leo I.
476AD– Last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus abdicates- traditional date for the fall of the western Roman Empire. The Eastern Roman Empire becomes Byzantine Empire.
