Important Events

Chapter 5 Review: Important Events

753 B.C.E. Traditional date of Rome’s founding as monarchy
509 B.C.E. Roman Republic is established
509–287 B.C.E. Struggle of the orders
451–449 B.C.E. Creation of Twelve Tables, Rome’s first written law code
396 B.C.E. Defeat of Etruscan city of Veii; first great expansion of Roman territory
387 B.C.E. Gauls sack Rome
264–241 B.C.E. Rome and Carthage fight First Punic War
220 B.C.E. Rome controls Italy south of Po River
218–201 B.C.E. Rome and Carthage fight Second Punic War
168–149 B.C.E. Cato writes The Origins, first history of Rome in Latin
149–146 B.C.E. Rome and Carthage fight Third Punic War
146 B.C.E. Carthage and Corinth are destroyed
133 B.C.E. Tiberius Gracchus is elected tribune; assassinated in same year
91–87 B.C.E. Social War between Rome and its Italian allies
60 B.C.E. First Triumvirate of Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
49–45 B.C.E. Civil war, with Caesar the victor
45–44 B.C.E. Cicero writes his philosophical works on humanitas
44 B.C.E. Caesar is appointed dictator with no term limit; assassinated in same year

Consider two events: Cato writes The Origins (168–149 B.C.E.) and Carthage and Corinth are destroyed (146 B.C.E.). What attitudes prompted Cato’s writings, and how were similar ideas reflected in the destruction of Carthage and Corinth?

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Consider two events: Cato writes The Origins (168–149 B.C.E.) and Carthage and Corinth are destroyed (146 B.C.E.). What attitudes prompted Cato’s writings, and how were similar ideas reflected in the destruction of Carthage and Corinth?