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509 BCE
Roman Republic is founded
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449 BCE
The Law of the 12 tables is instituted
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218 BCE
Hannibal invades Italy
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218 BCE
the Spartacus slave uprising
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45 BCE
Julius Caesar becomes dictator
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27 BCE
Augustus becomes the first emperor of Rome
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38
Emperor Caligula's reign begins
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64
great fire of Rome
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80
construction of the colossem is completed
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96
age of the five good emperors
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165
Antonine Plague
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330
Capitil of the Empire is moved to Constantinople
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380
Empire Converts to Christianity
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410
Sack Rome