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Greek settlers established about 50 colonies on the coasts of southern Italy and Sicily
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Group of ten officials began writing down Rome's laws
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Rome is defeated by the Celtic Gauls
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The first Punic was with carthage
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Hannibal Invades Italy
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Julius Caesar joins with Crassus and was elected consul; Caesar led his legions to conquer all of Gaul
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Octavian took control of Rome and ruled for ten years as the second triumvirate
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Conspirators kill Julius Caesar
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Octavia defeated the combined forces of Marc Antony and Cleopatra at the naval battle of Actium . Later, Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide
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Marcus Aurelius brought empire to height of economic prosperity, defeated invaders, and wrote philosophy
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Diocletian, who will divide the Roman Empire, becomes emperor
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Constantine was fighting three rivals for his title. In the next year, A.D 313, Constantine announced an end to the persecution of Christians.
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Western Roman Empire falls with the ouster of the last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus
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Rome becomes a republic
