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600 BCE
The Etruscans establish cities from northern to central Italy
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282 BCE
War with Pyrrhus
282 - 272 BC -
264 BCE
War with Carthage (First Punic War)
264 - 241 BC -
264 BCE
The first recorded Roman gladiatorial combats took place in Rome
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218 BCE
Hannibal invades Italy
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135 BCE
First Servile War prompted by slave revolts
135 - 132 BC -
73 BCE
Slave uprising led by the gladiator called Spartacus
73 - 71 BC -
64 BCE
Pompey captures Jerusalem
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45 BCE
Julius Caesar defeats Pompey
To become the first dictator of Rome -
44 BCE
Julius Caesar assassinated
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44 BCE
The Triumvirate of Marc Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian (later known as Caesar Augustus) become the rulers of Rome
44 - 31 BC -
31 BCE
Antony and Cleopatra are defeated by Octavian
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27 BCE
Octavian becomes Caesar Augustus
The first Roman emperor until 14AD -
1 CE
The birth of Jesus Christ
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14
Death of Augustus
Tiberius (stepson of Caesar Augustus) becomes emperor until 37AD -
33
Crucifixion of Jesus in the Roman province of Jerusalem
The origin of Christianity -
37
Gaius (Caligula) crowned Emperor
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41
Caligula is killed
Claudius proclaimed Emperor -
54
Emperor Claudius is murdered
Nero is proclaimed Emperor -
64
Fire destroyed much of Rome
The Christians are blamed for the destruction -
66
Battle of Jotapata
Great Jewish revolt 66 - 73 AC -
68
The death of Nero ended the infamous Julio-Claudian dynasty
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70
The Roman Emperor Vespasian and his son Titus constructed the Roman Colosseum
The construction was financed from the proceeds gained from the Roman sacking of Jerusalem -
80
The Roman Colosseum was opened
Was originally the called the Flavian Amphitheatre -
180
Commodus succeeds his father Marcus Aurelius and gains imperial power
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305
Constantine becomes the first Christian emperor
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312
The Battle of the Milvian Bridge
Battle of Constantine against Maxentius. It determines the defeat of Maxentius and the victory of Christianity over the pagan world. -
346
Theodosius I crowned emperor
346 - 395 AC -
380
Christianity is declared the sole religion of the Roman Empire by Theodosius I
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410
The Visigoths, led by Alaric, sack Rome heralding the total decline of the Roman Empire
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455
The Vandals, led by Gaiseric, sack Rome
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476
The last Roman Emperor was Romulus Augustulus who was defeated by Odoacer who was a German Goth
