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753 BCE
753 BC According to the legend of Romulus and Remus , Rome is founded.
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509 BCE
509BC The Etruscans are driven out of Rome and the Roman Republic is formed
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197 BCE
197BC Spain becomes a Roman province
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148 BCE
146 BC A new province of Africa is established
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55 BCE
55 BC Julius Caesar's first invasion of Britain
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44 BCE
44 BC Julius Caesar is murdered
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27 BCE
27 BC Octavianus declares peace in the Roman world, and he becomes Augustus, the firs Emperor of Rome
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43
AD 43 emperor Claudius army invades Britain
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79
AD 79 Mt Vesuvius erupts. Pompeii is destroyed
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80
AD 80 Emperor Titus opens the world's largest Amphitheatre, the Colosseum.
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122
AD 122 Emperor Hadrian has a wall built across northern England to keep the Picts and Celts out of Roman territory
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410
AD 410 The Roman army leaves Britain