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Period: 1000 BCE to 500
This is the year the earliest settlers arrived in Rome and they were the Latins, Greeks, and the Etruscans.
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753 BCE
According to legend, this is when Romulus and Remus founded Rome.
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Period: 750 BCE to 600 BCE
This is when the Greeks arrived in Rome.
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509 BCE
This is the year Romans declared they would never be ruled by a king again and created the republic.
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451 BCE
This is the year the twelve tables were written by the officials in the government.
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265 BCE
By this year, Rome had conquered all of Italy.
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Period: 264 BCE to 146
This is when the Punic Wars began and Roman and Carthage were going head to head.
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Period: 264 BCE to 241 BCE
This was the first war in the Punic Wars and it was for control over Sicily and the Western Mediterranean.
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218 BCE
This was the beginning of the 2nd war where Carthage was lead by Hannibal, a general, who intended to capture Rome.
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Period: 149 BCE to 146 BCE
This was the 3rd and final war where ROme laid siege to Carthage.
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70 BCE
This is when Rome achieved dominance over the Mediterranean Sea and the surrounding areas.
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59 BCE
This is the year Julius Caesar was elected Consul.
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Period: 59 BCE to 49 BCE
This is the duration of the first Triumvirate.
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Period: 58 BCE to 50 BCE
This is the year Caesar led a campaign to successfully take over Gaul.
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46 BCE
The year Caesar is named Dictator for life.
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44 BCE
This is the year Caesar returns to Rome and is named Dictator.
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44 BCE
On March 15, 44 BC is when Julius Caesar is killed by a number of stab wounds given to him by a number of important senators.
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Period: 43 BCE to 33 BCE
This was the duration of the 2nd Triumvirate and it was ruled by Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus.
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31 BCE
This is the Year that Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
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31 BCE
This is the Year associated with start of Roman Empire.
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27 BCE
This is the year when Augustus began his rule.
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Period: 27 BCE to 180
This is the Period of Pax Romana.
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4
This is the year that Jesus was born.
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6
This is the year Rome takes control of Jewish kingdom, making it a part of Roman Empire.
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14
This is the year of Augustus’s death.
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29
The death of Jesus.
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Period: 37 to 41
These are the years Caligula ruled.
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Period: 54 to 68
These are the years Nero ruled.
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70
The year that Jewish temple destroyed by Romans for the last time.
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70
The year when Roman persecution of Christians begins.
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79
This is the Date of eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii
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Period: 81 to 96
These are the years Domitian ruled.
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Period: 101 to 200
This is the year that the Roman Empire existed from Spain to Mesopotamia and North Africa to Britain.
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117
When the Roman Empire was at its peak.
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132
The year of the final Jewish rebellion and start of diaspora.
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Period: 161 to 180
These are the years Marcus Aurelius ruled.
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Period: 284 to 305
The Rule of Diocletian.
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312
The year Constantine accepts Christianity
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Period: 312 to 330
The rule of Constantine.
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313
The year of Edict of Milan.
The year of Edict of Milan was when constantine declared Christianity to be a religion approved by the emperor. -
325
The year of the Nicene Creed.
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380
The year when Christianity made official religion of Roman empire.
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406
The Year when the Vandals attack Gaul.
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410
The year when the Visigoths begin attacking the Roman army.
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444
The year when Roman Empire permanently split into Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire.
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444
-The year when Attila the Hun starts to enter frontier regions of Roman Empire.
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476
The year Western Roman Empire fell and to German forces.
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May 29, 1453
The year when Eastern Roman Empire was overrun by Ottoman Turks.
