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Romulus and Remus found the city of Rome, according to legend.
Roman Republic is established and continues until 27 BCE.
Twelve Tables of Roman Law are written.
First highways and aqueducts are built.
Romans control all of Italy.
Beginning of the Punic Wars between Rome and Carthage for the
control of Sicily and the sea routes of the Mediterranean.
Hannibal crosses the Alps with troops on elephants to attack Rome
but has to turn back and is defeated at Carthage.
Romans control all the Greek city states. They defeat Carthage and
control the Mediterranean.
Julius Caesar and two other powerful generals take control of the
Roman government.
Julius Caesar conducts the Gallic wars against Gaul.
Julius Caesar seizes complete control of Rome as a dictator.
Cicero, a Roman Senator and philosopher, is murdered by Mark
Antony.
Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March.
Marc Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide, leaving Octavian as
strongest ruler.
Caesar Augustus (Octavian) becomes first Roman Emperor. He rules
until 14 CE and extends Roman law over all conquered regions and
cerates many rebuilding projects in Rome and throughout the Empire.
Pax Romana or “Roman Peace”: a period of law and stability enforced
by the Roman army and Roman law.
Approximate date of the birth of Jesus Christ
The poet Virgil dies before finishing his epic poem the Aeneid.
Crucifixion of Jesus Christ
Conquest of Britain by Rome
Great Fire destroys much of Rome. Nero accuses Christians of
starting the fire.
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Vesuvius explodes in Pompeii.
Roman Colosseum is built.
Roman Empire is at its greatest extent.
Roman Pantheon is built.
Jews are cast out of Jerusalem and dispersed.
The philosopher Emperor Marcus Aurelius rules.
All free men living in the Roman Empire are declared citizens.
Emperor Constantine makes Christianity legal.
Byzantium is renamed Constantinople (Istanbul today) and
established as the center of the Eastern or Byzantine Empire.
Gauls attack Rome.
Christianity is declared the official religion of the Roman Empire.
Roman Empire is officially split into the Western Roman Empire
(capital Rome) and the Eastern or Byzantine Roman Empire (capital
Constantinople).
Alaric of the Visigoths (a former mercenary of Roman army) sacks
Rome.
Odoacer, the Germanic leader, defeats Rome and the Western
Roman Empire ends.
The Turks defeat the Eastern Roman Empire.
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