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  Rome was founded by Romulus in 753BC.
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  The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators in 509BC.
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  Hannibal leads the Carthage army to attack Italy in 218BC
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  Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome in 45BC.
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  Julius Caesar is assassinated in 44BC.
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  The Roman Empire begins in 27BC.
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  Much of Rome is burnt in AD64.
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  The Colosseum is built in AD80.
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  The Hadrian Wall is built in AD122.
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  Constantine, a Christian man, becomes emperor in AD306
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  Theodosius I makes Christianity as the main religion of the Roman Empire in AD380.
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  In AD395 Rome split into two empires - the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.The Roman Empire was split by Theodosius.
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  The Visigoths defeat Rome in AD430. For the first time in 800 years, Rome was defeated.
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  The last Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer in AD476.