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763 BCE
Foundation of Rome
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Period: 763 BCE to 509 BCE
Roman kingdom
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509 BCE
Rape of Lucretia
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Period: 509 BCE to 27 BCE
Roman Republic
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445 BCE
Lex Canuleia
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396 BCE
Roman conquered Veii
In 394 BC, they also conquered the menacing Etruscan neighbour of Veii. The Etruscan power was now limited to Etruria itself, and Rome was the dominant city in Latium.
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387 BCE
The Senones sacked Rome.
The Senones sacked Rome. Among other artifacts, books were destroyed. The history of Rome up to this point had to be mostly reconstructed and is sometimes unreliable or mythological. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Allia -
Period: 343 BCE to 290 BCE
Samnite wars
The First, Second, and Third Samnite Wars (343–341 BC, 326–304 BC, and 298–290 BC) were fought between the Roman Republic and the Samnites, who lived on a stretch of the Apennine Mountains south of Rome and north of the Lucanians. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samnite_Wars -
340 BCE
Latin war
The (Second) Latin War (340–338 BC) was a conflict between the Roman Republic and its neighbors, the Latin peoples of ancient Italy. It ended in the dissolution of the Latin League and incorporation of its territory into the Roman sphere of influence, with the Latins gaining partial rights and varying levels of citizenship. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_War -
287 BCE
Conflict of the Orders
Conflict of the Orders: The Lex Hortensia was passed, made resolutions of the Plebeian Council (plebiscites) binding on all Romans, they formally only applied to plebeians.
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Period: 280 BCE to 275 BCE
The Pyrrhic War
The Pyrrhic War (280–275 BC) was largely fought between the Roman Republic and Pyrrhus, the king of Epirus, who had been asked by the people of the Greek city of Tarentum in southern Italy to help them in their war against the Romans.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhic_War