Rome

Some of the key events about Rome

• 80 AD

  Completion of the Colosseum, the largest amphitheater ever built
• 312 BC

  Construction of the Appian Way, one of the earliest and most important Roman roads
• 315 AD

  Dedication of the Arch of Constantine, commemorating a significant military victory
• 390 BC

  The city was sacked by the Gauls
• 410 AD

  Rome was sacked by the Visigoths
• 455

  The city was pillaged by the Vandals
• 509 BC

  Establishment of the Roman Republic, marking the beginning of a new system of government
• 546

  Rome was besieged and partially destroyed by the Ostrogoths
• 753 BC

  The legendary founding of Rome on the Palatine Hill
• 846

  Muslim raiders sacked and looted the outskirts of the city
• 1084

  The city was sacked by the Normans
• 1377

  Return of the Papacy to Rome from Avignon, restoring the city's religious importance
• 1508

  Beginning of the painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, a masterpiece of Renaissance art
• 1527

  Rome was sacked by mutinous troops of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1626

  Completion and consecration of St. Peter's Basilica, the largest church in the world
• 1798

  The city was occupied by French forces and the Pope was exiled
• 1849

  The short-lived Roman Republic was violently suppressed
• 1871

  Rome becomes the capital of the newly unified Kingdom of Italy
• 1943-1944

  Rome suffered from bombing raids during World War II
• 1980

  The historic center of Rome is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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