Ancient Rome is perhaps best known for its military might, but it was once a small agrarian city-state. This timeline uses ancient sources to argue that Ancient Rome became the militaristic empire that it would become due to its early engagements., Final Digital Humanities assignment for Roman History (HIST 503), taught by Dr. Elizabeth Pollard. Students worked individually to create a thesis-driven and evidence-based interactive timeline or map detailing a theme in Roman History. Details about the class can be found at the class website (link may not be active): sites.google.com/sdsu.edu/hist503/, HIST 503, Data file for interactive, online TimelineJS submitted as a requirement for the successful completion of History 503. Long-term persistence and preservation is a challenge in Digital Humanities. DH projects regularly become inoperable or inactive. This project link may no longer be active: cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=10kd8sh4CanFn0nqNEsY0BKaa5D4DvD4J1YCl2vr63v8&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=650