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218 BC Hannibal invades Rome

218

Hannibal invades Rome . This was also part of the second Punic war. During the Punic war, Rome took over the Mediterrinean.

509 BC Rome becomes a republic

509

509 BC Rome becomes a republic. The kings were overthrown and now a group elected officials called senaters ruled Rome.

Roman civilization

Period: Jan 8, 753 to Dec 31, 2016

753 BC Rome was found

Apr 1, 753

753 BC The city of Rome was found . Legends say that two demi-God sons of hercules, Romulus and Remus founded the city of Rome. But later on RomuluS killed his brother Remus an named the city after him, Rome.

73 BC Gladiator Sparticus invades surrounding land with army made of 70,000 slaves

Apr 1, 1028

73 BC Sparticus makes an army of cheap slaves. His army invaded Campania, conquering the prosperous cities of Cumae, Nola, and Nerceria

45 BC Julius Caeser becomes the first dictater of Rome

Apr 9, 1045

Julius Caeser after being elected as an official senate of Rome, he suddenly became a dictater where he was greedly of power and Rome's republic system failed

46 BC Julius Ceaser is killed

Apr 9, 1046

46 BC Julius Caeser is killed by Marcus Mutus his friend, with the hope that the republic system would be active again but the civil war takes over later on and ruins Rome's hope of a republic governing system.

27 BC the Roman empire starts

Apr 9, 1062

27 BC Ceaser Augustus becomes the first Roman emperor also the starting of the Roman empire begins. He was also Julius Caeser's grand nephew

64 AD Emperor Nero watches as the Roman empire burns to the ground

Apr 10, 1095

64 AD Emperor Nero commands his soldiers to pretend they were drunk and set the Rome set on fire. Nero did this because after the great fire Rome, he sent his servants to give the people some food clothes and resources. He did this to gain more popularity from the public. During the great fire, Nero was whatching from his palace on the palatine hill while playing a lyre for a private stage.{ a lyre is a instrument that is shaped like a harp}

80 AD the Colosseum is built

Apr 10, 1119

80 AD The Colosseum is built. This is one of the many advance engineering structures that the Roman's built. The Colosseum could seat 50,000 spectaters. Some events that were held in the Colosseum were chariot races, gladiater vs. lions, beasts.

121 AD Hadrian builds a wall to keep out invaders

Apr 10, 1195

121 AD Hadrian builds a wall to keep out the Barbarians. A long wall was built accross northern england. Hadrian was a emperor of rome, he died at around 135 AD.

306 AD Emperor Constantine made Rome's sole religion Christian

Apr 11, 1215

306 AD Emperor Cantantine makes christianity Rome's sole religion. At first, the Romans didn't agree because Rome used to prosecute Christians for they hated them, but a few years after the transistion, Christianity became part of Rome's sole religion.

395 AD Rome splits into two empires

Apr 11, 1289

395 AD Rome splits into two empires. also in 410 AD, Visigoths defeated Rome in war. This is the first time in 800 years that Rome has fallen against a army.

476 AD The fall of Ancient Rome

Apr 11, 1325

476 AD the end of the western Roman empire and also the end of ancient Rome. Around this time was also the beginning of the dark ages in Europe. Romulus Augustus was the last empire of Rome. The german soldier named Odoacer killed Romulus and named himself king of Italy.

1480 The Sistine Chapel was restored

Apr 11, 1480

The Sistine Chapel is a very old church that was restored and decorated by Michelangelo from 1508-1512.

1506 ST. Peter's Basilica started its construction

Apr 11, 1506

St. Peter's Basilica started its construction in 1506. This church is one of the most famous achitecture works ever built during the Roman Renaissance{ an era of time where many great architecture structures specifically christian structures, were built. This is also the beginning of the early modern era.

1946 Rome officially became Italy's capital city

Apr 11, 1946

Rome bacame the capitol of the Italian Republic in 1946 with a population of 4.4 million in the metropolitian area.With a population as of 2015 2.8 million within city limits.}