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?