Timeline This is a timeline of Italian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Italy and its predecessor states, including Ancient Rome and Prehistoric Italy.
Date of the prehistoric era are approximate.
Lucius Sicinius Vellutus, the plebs abandoned Rome for the nearby Monte Sacro.
Marius was elected consul for the first of three years in a row.
From 235 through 284 the average reign of a Roman Emperor was just 18 months, down from average just over 9 years during the first centuries of the Empire.