| 753 BC According to legend: founding of Rome by Romulus and Remus |
| 4. – 1. cent. BC Expansion of the republican city state: subjugation of Italy and the Mediterranean region Establishment of Provinces |
| 59 – 44 BC Caesar / Consulate / Conquest of Gaul / Dictatorship / Murder |
| Beginning of the Imperial Era |
| 27 BC – 14 AD Augustus / Military monarchy in republican form |
| 14 – 37 AD Tiberius / Crucifixion of Christ |
| 41 – 54 AD Claudius / The Via Claudia Augusta is upgraded to become an Imperial road |
| 98 – 117 AD Trajan / The Imperium Romanum reaches its maximum dimension |
| 117 – 138 AD Hadrian / Visits Augusta Vindelicum / Augsburg |
| 3.century AD Soldier Emperors / Collapse of the monarchist central power |
| 379 – 395 AD Theodosius / Christianity becomes the state religion |
| 395 AD Division of the Empire: Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire until 1453 |
| 476 AD The last Western Roman Emperor is deposed by the Germanic tribes |
| 15 BC Conquest of the Roman foothills Provinces Rhaetia et Vindelicia |
| 14 BC Military base on the Lorenzberg in Abodiacum / Epfach |
| 13 – ca. 45 AD Settlement on the Auerberg / Damasia |
| around 40 / 50 AD Kempten / Cambodunum becomes the capital of Rhaetia |
| around 120 AD Augsburg / Augusta Vindelicum becomes the provincial capital |
| 2. century AD A network of farm estates (villae rusticae) is established, e.g. in Schwangau / Peiting / Kohlhunden / Schongau |
| 3. und 4. century AD Invasions of the Alemannic tribes |
| beginning of the 5. century AD End of the Roman rule over the Alpine foothills |