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509 BCE
Roman Republic is founded
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449 BCE
The law of the tables is instituted
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218 BCE
Hannibal invades italy
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73 BCE
The Spartacus slave uprising
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45 BCE
Julias Caesar becomes dictator
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44 BCE
Julias Caesar is assassinated
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27 BCE
Augustus becomes the first emperor of Rome
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38
Emperor Caligulas reign begins
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64
Great fire of Rome
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80
construction of the coliseum is completed
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Period: 96 to 180
age of the five good emperors
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165
Antonine plague
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330
capital of the empire is moved to Constantinople
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380
empire converts to Christianity
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410
Sack of Rome