Talk:Timeline of Roman history

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You should have a timeline of Ancient Rome that gives more Detail
 * You are welcome to improve it! [[:pt:Usuário:Muriel Gottrop|muriel@pt]] 08:58, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Am I adding to much detail? 2nd Century AD now has the highest number of entries. Fornadan 12:26, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

First Roman province
I think that the first Roman province was not Corsica et Sardinia, as stated in this article, but Sicily, as correctly stated in the articles Sicilia (Roman province) and Roman province. 83.190.146.207 09:06, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Tense
I see there is an ongoing work to convert the whole timeline to past tense. Is that really necessary/desirable? While there are some irregular entries, most of the article seems to be written in historical present which should be perfectly fine for a timeline. Fornadan (t) 11:02, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello, My recent edits have sought to clarify and add detail to some of the events listed here, in addition to having them in past tense as in the timelines of United States and Chinese history, e.g. Dallyripple (talk) 03:18, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Really, we need sources
Dates before c. 300 BC -- as in, when events really happened -- are controversial & ultimately unknowable. However, the "traditional" dates we are given, e.g. Rome was founded n 753 BC, are based on Varronian chronology, & should be thus indicated. Some of the other events have synchronisms with Greek chronology -- e.g. the Battle of the Allia is said by some primary sources to have been fought in 390 BC, other sources say 386 BC -- but these conflict with the Varronian chronology, as well as sometimes with each other. (I'm not trying to be revisionist here, or argue that history is bunk, just pointing out known facts. Researching the Varronian chronology article, I have been amazed about just how incertain some dates of Roman history have proven to be.) Were citations provided for these dates, then knowledgeable readers could judge for themselves which dates to accept for their use. Until then, this timeline is just a something created that has no practical use but sure looks impressive. -- llywrch (talk) 22:00, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Suggest merger
I have suggested that Timeline of the Roman Empire and Timeline of the Byzantine Empire be merged into this article because (1) the three articles have redundant content and (2) there is continuity from the Roman Republic to the Byzantine Empire and it makes sense that these and the intervening states be discussed on the same timeline. Dallyripple (talk) 03:24, 4 November 2016 (UTC)

I have merged them. Dallyripple (talk) 15:14, 11 November 2016 (UTC)

Calendars
Hi fellow editors on this page,

Can anyone help me understand which calendar system (Gregorian calendar or Julian calendar) when the dates are specified in the timeline? If there are multiple being used in this same page, shall it be spelt out along with the dates every time?

Xinbenlv (talk) 20:44, 20 August 2018 (UTC)

Expand to late December 1475
The timeline should be expanded beyond 29 May 1453, to encompass and conclude with the fall of the Principality of Theodoro in late December 1475 (still looking for the exact date). The timeline of Roman history should be 21 April 753 BCE - late December 1475 CE. Direct uninterrupted state continuity is actually destroyed in the year 2228 since the founding of Rome.--137.82.108.34 (talk) 18:30, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Jesus
I know Jesus' birthday and date of Crucifixion are debatable, but shouldn't he be included in the timeline? Christianity was vital in both late Roman and world history. Pikazilla (talk) 14:51, 19 August 2019 (UTC)

Is this a joke?
"For informative purposes, many have laid claim to the title of Roman Emperor over the years, some not Roman. As it is, the western Roman Empire currently belongs to a Ben W. and the eastern to a Evan R."

What does this mean? I'm trying to make sense of it, but it sounds like a joke edit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Windows990 (talk • contribs) 19:44, 17 December 2020 (UTC)

It is vandalism. Thank you for notifying us. Dimadick (talk) 02:26, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Typo in Hadrian's cause of death
The page is locked so I can't update it. Hadrian's cause of death is missing "congestive heart" before "failure". A citation is: Petrakis NL. Diagonal earlobe creases, type A behavior and the death of Emperor Hadrian. West J Med. 1980;132(1):87-91. 6d7770 (talk) 05:01, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Splitting proposal
I propose splitting this article into two separate ones: "Timeline of Ancient Rome" and "Timeline of the Byzantine Empire"

The current name is not entirely clear in its scope. "Timeline of the city of Rome" is already its own article, though one could argue that its contents could be considered within the scope of this article. Not to mention, the non-English pages linked to this article are either about Ancient Rome exclusively, or about the city of Rome. Limonizia (talk) 19:30, 18 November 2023 (UTC)