Ancient Rome, Vikings, and The Inca Empire By LMagers 753 BCE The Founding of Rome (the city) Period: 753 BCE to 476 Ancient Rome 509 BCE Founding of the Roman Republic Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE Three Punic Wars with Carthage 59 BCE Julius Caesar made consul Period: 58 BCE to 51 BCE Gallic Wars between Gaul and Rome 44 BCE Julius Caesar assassinated on the Ides of March 1 CE The Year Zero 476 Fall of Western Roman Empire to Germanic invaders 780 Dane invasion of England Period: 800 to 1000 Viking invasions of Europe 874 Vikings reach Iceland 982 Discovery of Greenland by Eric the Red 1000 Landfall in North America by Leif Eriksson Period: 1100 to 1533 The Inca Empire 2022 Today