Roman Senate

Ereignisse (12)

• 116

  2/16 — Emperor Trajan sends laureatae to the Roman Senate at Rome on account of his victories and being conqueror of Parthia.

• 238

  4/22 — Year of the Six Emperors: The Roman Senate outlaws emperor Maximinus Thrax for his bloodthirsty proscriptions in Rome and nominates two of its members, Pupienus and Balbinus, to the throne.

• 27 BC

  1/16 — Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus wird vom römischen Senat mit dem Titel Augustus ausgezeichnet, was den Beginn des Römischen Reichs markiert.

• 275

  9/25 — In Rome (after the assassination of Aurelian), the Senate proclaims Marcus Claudius Tacitus Emperor.

• 42 BC

  1/1 — The Roman Senate posthumously deifies Julius Caesar.

• 43 BC

  8/19 — Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.

• 44 BC

  3/15 — Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Decimus Junius Brutus, and several other Roman senators on the Ides of March.

• 455

  3/17 — Petronius Maximus becomes, with support of the Roman Senate, emperor of the Western Roman Empire.

• 480

  12/9 — Odoacer, first King of Italy, occupies Dalmatia. He later establishes his political power with the co-operation of the Roman Senate.

• AD 37

  3/18 — The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius's will and proclaims Caligula emperor.

• AD 41

  1/25 — After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate.

• AD 69

  12/21 — The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors.