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509 BCE
Roman republic is found
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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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73 BCE
the Spartacus slave uprising
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45 BCE
Julius Caesar becomes dictator
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44 BCE
Julius Caesar is assassinated
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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 Colosseum is completed
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98
age of five good emperors
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165
Antonine plague
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180
age of five good emperors
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330
capital of the empire is moved to Constantinople
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380
empire converts to christianity
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410
sack of rome