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Period: 750 BCE to 100 BCE
Establishment of Colonies
Greek settlers established about 50 colonies on the coasts of southern Italy and Sicily -
451 BCE
Roman Laws
Group of ten officials began writing down Rome's laws -
390 BCE
Roman Wars with Gauls
Rome is defeated by the Celtic Gauls -
390 BCE
Punic Wars
The first Punic was with carthage -
218 BCE
Second Punic War
Hannibal Invades Italy -
60 BCE
Julius Caesar comes to power
Julius Caesar joins with Crassus and was elected consul; Caesar led his legions to conquer all of Gaul -
43 BCE
Octavian takes control
Octavian took control of Rome and ruled for ten years as the second triumvirate -
40 BCE
Julius Caesar's assassination
Conspirators kill Julius Caesar -
31 BCE
Defeat of Marc Anntony and Cleopatra
Octavia defeated the combined forces of Marc Antony and Cleopatra at the naval battle of Actium . Later, Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide -
161
Marcus Aurelius's reign
Marcus Aurelius brought empire to height of economic prosperity, defeated invaders, and wrote philosophy -
284
Diocletian becomes emperor
Diocletian, who will divide the Roman Empire, becomes emperor -
312
Constantine;'s war and end to persecution of Christians
Constantine was fighting three rivals for his title. In the next year, A.D 313, Constantine announced an end to the persecution of Christians. -
476
Fall of Rome
Western Roman Empire falls with the ouster of the last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus -
509
Creation of a Republic
Rome becomes a republic
