Chronology of Rome (TV series)

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This article provides a chronology of events that occur in the HBO/BBC2 original television series, Rome, and historical events which would have affected the events depicted in the series, not all of which were explicitly mentioned.

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Year	Events of Rome		Relevant historical events
Pre-52 BCE			! 54 BCE:Julia - Caesar's daughter, and wife of Pompey - dies in childbirth, years before her death depicted in The Stolen Eagle. ! 54 BCE:Octavia Minor (factual basis of Octavia of the Julii) marries Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, who she will be married to until his death in 40 BCE, bearing him children in 44 BCE,43 BCE, and 42 BCE - after Caesar's assassination.
52 BCE	Jan		Jan	Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus elected Consuls of Rome.
	Feb		Feb
	March		March	Gallic Wars: captures of Avaricum (Bourges)
	April		April	Gallic Wars: Siege and repulse from Gergovia
	May		May	Gallic Wars: Siege and repulse from Gergovia
	June		June
	July		July	Gallic Wars: Battle of the Vingeanne, an indecisive battle between Caesar and Vercingetorix.
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct	The Stolen Eagle	Oct	Gallic Wars: Romans defeat Gauls at Alesia. Gauls broken, though "pacification" of pockets would continue during 51 BCE.
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
51 BCE	Jan		Jan	Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Servius Sulpicius Rufus elected Consuls of Rome Pharaoh Ptolemy XII of Egypt dies and is succeeded by his eldest surviving daughter Cleopatra VII of Egypt and her younger brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII of Egypt.
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
50 BCE	Jan	How Titus Pullo Brought Down the Republic	Jan	Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Claudius Marcellus Maior elected Consuls of Rome.
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec	Pompey demands that Julius Caesar lay down his command before he can stand for consul The Senate refuses Julius Caesar permission to stand for consul in absentia, and demands that he lay down his command
49 BCE	Jan		Jan	Consuls: Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Gaius Claudius Marcellus Maior elected 10 - Julius Caesar leads Legio XIII Gemina across the Rubicon.
	Feb	An Owl in a Thornbush Stealing from Saturn The Ram has Touched the Wall	Feb	Pompey's flight to Epirus with most of the Senate
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
48 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May	Egeria	May
	June		June
	July		July	10 - The Battle of Dyrrhachium. Caesar's forces repulsed by Pompey, flees south towards Pharsalus.
	Aug	Pharsalus	Aug	9 - The Battle of Pharsalus. Pompey's forces defeated. Cato and Scipio flee to Africa. Pompey flees to Egypt. Caesar is named Consul for a period of five years
	Sept	Pharsalus	Sept	29 - On the orders of Ptolemy's advisors, Pompey is murdered and decapitated by old "comrades in arms" escorting him to a "meeting with Ptolemy XIII". Siege of Alexandria begins
	Oct	Caesarion	Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec	Forces of Caesar and Cleopatra clash with those of Ptolemy XIII and Arsinoe IV. Latter two flee city, but Library of Alexandria burns.
47 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb	The Battle of the Nile. Forces of Arsinoe IV defeated. Ptolemy XIII killed. Caesar breaks the siege of Alexandria.
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June	23 - Cleopatra gives birth to Caesarion.
	July		July
	Aug		Aug	Caesar quells a mutiny of his veterans in Rome.
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct	Caesar's forces land in Africa
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
46 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb	Utica	Feb	6 - The Battle of Thapsus in Tunisia, Africa. Optimates forces defeated. Scipio killed while trying to surrender. Gnaeus and Sextus Pompeius escape to Hispania. Cato commits suicide at Utica,Tunisia after hearing of the defeat at the Battle of Thapsus.
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
45 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March	17 - The Battle of Munda. Optimates defeated. End of military opposition to Caesar. Gnaeus Pompeius tracked down and killed. Gaius Didius hunts and destroys remnants of Optimates naval power. Caesar's forces remain in Hispania, "pacifying" pockets of resistance for some time.
	April	Triumph	April	12 - Caesar's Gallic triumph
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec	The Spoils	Dec
44 BCE	Jan	The Spoils	Jan
	Feb	Kalends of February	Feb
	March	Passover	March	15 - Caesar assassinated by the Senate
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
43 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April	Testudo et Lepus (The Tortoise and the Hare)	April	14 - Battle of Forum Gallorum, Antony defeated 21 - Battle of Mutina, Antony defeated, Octavian becomes commander of the Roman armies in Gaul
	May		May
	June		June
	July	Heroes of the Republic	July	Octavian demands consulship from the Senate
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov	26 - Octavian, Mark Antony and Lepidus officially form the Second Triumvirate
	Dec	Philippi	Dec	7 - Cicero is murdered
42 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct	7 - First Battle of Phillipi, Cassius commits suicide 23 - Second Battle of Phillipi, Brutus commits suicide soon after
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
41 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
40 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
39 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
38 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
37 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
36 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
35 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
34 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
33 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
32 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
31 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug
	Sept	De Patre Vostro (About Your Father)	Sept	2 - Octavian defeats Mark Antony at the Battle of Actium
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
30 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug	1 - Mark Antony commits suicide 12 - Cleopatra commits suicide
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec
29 BCE	Jan		Jan
	Feb		Feb
	March		March
	April		April
	May		May
	June		June
	July		July
	Aug		Aug	13-15 - Octavian celebrates triple triumph of Actium, Illyria and Alexandria
	Sept		Sept
	Oct		Oct
	Nov		Nov
	Dec		Dec

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Characters	Characters · Minor characters

Primary characters	Lucius Vorenus · Titus Pullo · Gaius Julius Caesar · Gnaeus Pompey Magnus · Atia of the Julii · Mark Antony · Marcus Junius Brutus · Servilia of the Junii · Niobe · Gaius Octavian · Octavia of the Julii · Quintus Valerius Pompey · Cato the Younger · Marcus Tullius Cicero · Timon · Marcus Agrippa

Secondary characters	Cleopatra · Gaius Cassius Longinus · Posca · Eirene · Erastes Fulmen

Episodes	Season 1: I · II · III · IV · V · VI · VII · VIII · IX · X · XI · XII Season 2: XIII · XIV · XV · XVI · XVII · XVIII · XIX · XX · XXI · XXII

Other	Chronology · DVD

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