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753 BCE
Beginning of Rome
Romulus started Rome in 753 BCE on the west coast of Italy -
215 BCE
Battle of Cannae
Rome suffered a horrible defeat by the Carthaginians after being encircled and massacred even though Rome had 36,000 more men than Carthage -
52 BCE
Battle of Alesia
Julius Caesar defeats Vercingetorix after besieging him and then using his cavalry to destroy Gaul's relief force -
27 BCE
Republic to Empire
This is when Augustus changes Rome from a republic to an empire -
Period: 21 BCE to 1453
Roman Empire
This time was the span of the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire who considered themselves Roman -
Period: 21 BCE to 285
Whole Roman Empire
At this time Rome was on Empire ruled out of Rome -
Period: 285 to 476
Western Roman Empire
At this time the Roman Empire was split in two and the west half was called the Western Roman Empire and it was ruled out of Rome -
Period: 285 to 1453
Byzantine Empire/Eastern Roman Empire
At this time the Roman Empire was split in two and the east half was called Byzantine ruled out of Byzantium later called Constantinople -
476
End of Western Roman Empire
The Western Roman Empire fell when the last emperor, Romulus Augustus, was killed by the Germanic king Odoacer. -
1453
Fall of the Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire ended when their capital, Constantinople, was sacked by the Ottoman Turks
