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ROMAN EMPIRE Romulus and Remus The twins Romulus and Remus were abandoned as children and in the myth were raised by a she-wolf. They decide to build their own city, but after an argument Remus is killed by Romulus. Romulus establishes the city of Rome in 753 BC. (2) How old is city of Rome? Roman republic In 509 BC Romans revolted against the Etruscan kings and created the system of government by the Senate and the Assembly. (3) How long after Rome was founded in 753 BC was it turned into a republic? Punic wars Rome completed the occupation of the Italian peninsula in 265 BC. Once they controlled the Italian peninsula they expanded their empire. Rome engaged Carthage in three Punic Wars over the next century. Most likely these were the greatest wars ever fought at the time. 264 BC to 241 BC on Sicily 218 BC to 201 BC in Iberia (Spain) 149 BC to 146 BC in Carthage (4) How long was each war? (5) How long did the wars with Carthage last? Spartacus Gladiator general Spartacus lead an army of escaped slaves in the Third Servile War (slave revolt). From 73 BC to 71 BC they wandered and raided throughout Italy. (6) How long did the Third Servile War last? (7) How long ago was this war? Julius Caesar Julius Caesar rose through the ranks of the military and after defeated his enemies returned to Rome in 45 BC . He appointed himself dictator of Rome for life and so ending the Roman Republic. The senate had him assassinated in 44 BC. (8) How long was Julius Caesar dictator of Rome? (9) Julius Caesar was born in July, 100 BC. He was assassinated in March of 44 BC. How old was he? (10) How many years after Rome became a republic did Julius Caesar end the republic? Augustus and the roman empire Octavian becomes the first emperor of Rome in 27 BC when he was granted the name Augustus. This started the Roman Empire. He was the emperor till his death in 14 AD. During his time he nearly doubled the size of the empire. (11) How many years was Augustus emperor of Rome? (12) How long after Rome became a republic did Rome become an empire? Mount Vesuvius eruption Pompeii was mostly destroyed and buried under 16 to 20 feet of volcanic ash in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius is 79 AD. (13) This eruption occurred how many years before the last significant eruption in the United States, Mt St Helens in 1980? The Huns, the Visigoths, and the vandals 410 AD The Visigoths, led by Alaric, sacked Rome 450 AD Attila led the Huns, another barbarian group, into Gaul 455 AD The Vandals, led by Gaiseric, sacked Rome (14) How many years after the Visigoths sack Rome do the Vandals sack Rome? Fall of Rome In 476 AD Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors in the west, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, who became the first Barbarian to rule in Rome. This was the end of ancient Rome and the start of the dark ages in Europe. (15) How long after Rome was founded was the fall of ancient Rome?