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Roman Italy

Italy under ancient Roman rule

7 dated entries naming Roman Italy, drawn from 7 separate years between 100 CE and 489 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century

  • 100Trajan creates a policy intended to restore the former economic supremacy of Italy.source

4th century

  • 316Constantine I sends his half-brother Julius Constantius to Licinius at Sirmium (Pannonia), with the proposal to accept Bassianus as Caesar and give him power over Italy. Licinius refuses, and forces a conspiracy against Constantine.source
  • 338The Church of Santa Costanza, Rome, starts to be built (approximate date).source
  • 365July 21 – An earthquake and tsunami devastate Crete and Alexandria and affects Italy, Greece, and Palestine.source
  • 383Roman troops in Britannia proclaim Magnus Maximus as their Emperor. He crosses over to the continent and makes Trier his capital. Gaul, the Italian provinces and Hispania proclaim loyalty to him.source

5th century

  • 424Roman usurper Joannes sends Flavius Aetius, governor of the Palace (cura palatii), to the Huns to ask for their assistance. After negotiating, he returns to Italy with a large force.source
  • 489August 28 – After crossing the Julian Alps, the Ostrogoths defeat the overwhelming forces of Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo (near Roman Aquileia or modern Soča) and enter Italy. This date is subsequently used by Theodoric to establish a 30-year statute of limitations (tricennium) ending on 28 August 519, after which any unlawful seizure of land during this period can no longer be contested.source

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