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509 BCE
roman republic is founded
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449 BCE
Law of the 12 tables is instituted
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218 BCE
Hannibal invades Italy
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73 BCE
The Spartacus slave uprising
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45 BCE
Julius Caesar becomes dictator
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44 BCE
Julius Caesar is assassinated
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27 BCE
Augustus becomes the first emperor of Rome
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38
Emperor Caligula's reign begins
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64
Great fire of Rome
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80
Construction of the Colosseum is completed
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Period: 96 to 180
Age of the Five Good Emperors
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165
Antonine Plague
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330
Capital of the Empire is moved to Constantinople
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380
Empire converts to Christianity
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410
Sack of Rome