Ancient Rome

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  • 753 BCE

    Founding of Rome

  • 509 BCE

    Rome becomes a republic

  • 146 BCE

    Rome invades Greece

  • 44 BCE

    Julius Caesar, Roman consul (the highest elected official in Rome), is assassinated

  • 27 BCE

    Start of the rule of Augustus; Rome moves towards becoming an empire

  • 64

    The Great Fire of Rome destroys most of the city

  • 79

    The volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius destroys the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, killing 16,000 people

  • 80

    The Colosseum opens

  • 395

    The Roman Empire is permanently divided into two parts; the Western Empire and the Eastern Empire.

  • 451

    Last strong military campaign of Roman army

  • 476

    'Barbarian' forces remove the last Western emperor from power, marking an end to the Western Roman Empire.