Ancient Rome By lil'Abb 509 BCE Roman republic is founded 449 BCE The Law of the 12 tables is instructed 410 BCE Sack of Rome 380 BCE empire converts to christianity 330 BCE capital of the empire is moved to Constantinople 218 BCE Hannibal invades Italy 180 BCE age of the five good emperors 165 BCE Antonine plague 80 BCE great fire of Rome 80 BCE construction of the colosseum is completed 80 BCE construction of the colosseum is completed 73 BCE The Spartacus slave uprising 65 BCE Great fire of Rome 45 BCE Julius Caesar becomes dictator 44 BCE Julius Caesar is assassinated 38 BCE Emperor Caligulas regin begins 27 BCE Augustus becomes the first emperor of Rome 96 age of the good emperors