c. 496             Battle of Lake Religius. Rome defeats the Latin League

494                 Creation of plebeian tribune and plebeian assembly

493                 Coriolanus and the Volsci defeated

458                 Cincinnatus leads the defeat of the Aequi

396                 Rome conquers Veii

c. 387              Rome sacked by the Gauls

367                  Law enacted that one consul should be plebeian

338                  Rome wins the Latin War and absorbs the region of Latium

326                  Law introduced banning the enslavement of indebted citizens

343-290          Three Samnite Wars end in victory for Rome

280-272           War against Pyrrhus and cities of Magna Graecia end in vicotry for Rome, so that it controls all of peninsular Italy