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753 BCE
The city of Rome is founded
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45 BCE
Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome
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27 BCE
Augustus becomes the first Roman emperor
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1 BCE
According to Christian tradition, Jesus is born
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33
Jesus is arrested, beaten, and crucified by the Romans
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177
The Roman empire reaches its largest extent
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180
Emperor Marcus Aurelius dies ending the Pax Romana
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313
Emperor Constantine ends the persecution of Christians in the empire
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476
The western Roman empire collapses
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527
Justinian becomes Byzantine emperor
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1054
Great Schism divides Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches
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1453
Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks. Byzantine empire dies.
