| -850 |
First Iron Age (or Hallstatt culture) |
| -753 |
Roman Monarchy |
|
| -753 |
Rome founded by Romulus |
|
| -753 |
Reign of Romulus |
|
| -600 |
|
Marseille founded by the Phoenicians |
| -535 |
Reign of Tarquinius Superbus |
|
| -450 |
Second Iron Age (La Tène culture) |
| -509 |
Roman Republic |
|
| -390 |
Sack of Rome |
|
| -200 |
|
Development of fortified hilltop settlements ( |
| -146 |
Destruction of Carthage |
|
| -122 |
|
Rome occupies |
| -121 |
|
Organisation of |
| -118 |
|
is renamed |
| 80 |
Dictatorship of Lucius Cornelius Sulla |
|
| -76 |
|
Marcus Fonteius serves as |
| -52 |
|
Julius Caesar defeats Vercingetorix at Alesia, completing his conquest of Gaul |
| -49 |
|
Julius Caesar lays siege to and conquers Massilia (Marseille) during the Roman Civil War |
| -43 |
|
Founding of Lugdunum (Lyon) |
| -39 |
|
First visit by Octavius |
| -36 |
|
Foundation of colonies for veterans at Béziers and Orange |
| -31 |
Roman Civil War |
|
| -49 |
Caesar defeats Pompey |
|
| -44 |
Caesar assassinated in Rome |
|
| -31 |
Battle of Actium. Octavius defeats Antony and Cleopatra; Egypt becomes a Roman province |
|
| -27 |
|
Administrative organisation of the province of |
| -27 |
Early Roman Empire |
|
| -27 |
Octavius takes the name Augustus and becomes the first Roman emperor |
|
| -20 |
|
Revolt of Florus and Sacrovir |
| -16 |
|
Augustus has a wall constructed around the colony of Nîmes |
| -15 |
|
Augustus visits Lyon, capital of Gaul. Organisation of the Gallic provinces of |
| 9 |
The defeat of Varus and the end of the conquest of |
|
| 14 |
Death of Augustus. Tiberius becomes emperor. |
|
| 43 |
Roman conquest of Britain under Claudius |
|
| 48 |
|
Claudius wins permission from the Senate for elites from the Three Gauls to become Roman magistrates |
| 54 |
Reign of Nero |
|
| 68 |
|
Revolt of Vindex against Nero |
| 68 |
First crisis of the Empire |
|
| 70 |
|
Revolt of Civilis |
| 77 |
|
Vespasian gives the proconsul in |
| 81 |
Reign of Domitian |
|
| 92 |
|
Domitian's edict ordering the elimination of half of the grapevines in the provinces appears to have no effect |
| 98 |
Reign of Trajan |
|
| 117 |
Reign of Hadrian |
|
| 0 |
Pax Romana |
|
| 193 |
Late Roman Empire (Late Antiquity) |
|
| 212 |
Edict of Caracalla granting full Roman citizenship to all free men in the Roman Empire |
|
| 235 |
Military uprising, first waves of Germanic invasions. Persecutions against Christians |
|
| 260 |
|
The Gallic Empire |
| 270 |
|
Barbarian raids and political strife affect southern Gaul |
| 284 |
Diocletian becomes emperor |
|
| 293 |
Diocletian introduces the Tetrarchy |
|
| 307 |
|
Trèves, capital of Gaul |
| 306 |
Reign of Constantine |
|
| 313 |
Edict of Milan promulgated by the emperor Constantine proclaiming religious toleration in the Roman Empire |
|
| 314 |
|
First Christian council held at Arles |
| 330 |
Founding of Constantinople |
|
| 337 |
The first Christian emperor |
|
| 361 |
Reign of Julian |
|
| 395 |
|
Arles, capital of Gauls |
| 396 |
|
The prefecture for Gaul is transferred to Arles |
| 395 |
Division of Roman Empire into East and West |
|
| 410 |
Rome captured by the Goths |
|