# data[].attributes.body
Founding of Rome
The city of Rome is found on the Western coast of Italy, according to myth Rome was founded by twin brothers who were raised by a Wold, Rolulus kills Remus over debate of where the city should be established and hence the name Rome

# data[].attributes.body
Creation of the Republic
Rome is shifted from a kingdom to a Republic

# data[].attributes.body
The Twelve Tables
The Twelve Tables would be established in 449 BCE, laying out the road for modern laws.

# data[].attributes.body
Rome invaded by Gauls
Rome is invaded by Gauls, is sacked and burned

# data[].attributes.body
Italy Conquered
Rome gains control of the entire Italian Peninsula

# data[].attributes.body
Punic Wars
Carthage and Rome, regional powers, clash for years for control of the Mediterranean

# data[].attributes.body
Macedonian Wars
The Macedonian Wars were a series of conflicts fought by the Roman Republic and Macedonia/Greece which had a major effect on the Romans, Greek culture influenced everyday aspects of the Romans and later even adopted much of it's alphabet at one point

# data[].attributes.body
Julius Caesar is born
Julius Caesar, who is vital to the founding of the Roman Empire, is born

# data[].attributes.body
Slave revolts of Spartacus
The famous slave and trained gladiator, Spartacus leads a class rebellion against Rome in an attempted fight to freedom. He defeats numerous Roman battalions but is finally defeated by Crassus, with the aid of Pompey

# data[].attributes.body
Birth of Octavian, later Augustus Caesar
Octavian, or rather Augustus Caesar, one of the most relevant Roman emperors is born

# data[].attributes.body
The first triumvirate
Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus form a political alliance and overthrows the Roman government

# data[].attributes.body
Julius Caesar assassinated
The senate conspired against Julius Caesar, and assassinated him in 44 BCE in hopes of bringing back the Republic

# data[].attributes.body
The second triumvirate
Augustus Caesar, Mark Antony, and Lepidus form the second triumvirate but this time was a legally established institution with two five-year terms

# data[].attributes.body
Roman Empire is established
The Roman Republic is overthrown and the Roman Empire is established

# data[].attributes.body
The Pax Romana
The Pax Romana was a long period of relative peace and stability experienced by the Roman Empire

# data[].attributes.body
Jesus of Nazareth is born
The main figure of Christianity, Jesus of Nazareth, is born in Bethlehem

# data[].attributes.body
Crucifixion of Jesus
Jesus of Nazareth is Crucified for treason, which is a major monument in the history of Christianity

# data[].attributes.body
Conquest of Britain
Under emperor Claudis, Britain was gradually conquered by the Roman Empire

# data[].attributes.body
The great fire of Rome
Half of Rome is burned to the ground, many historians and the Roman populace believing Nero, the emperor at the time, starting the fire, Nero then blamed and persecuted the Christians for starting the fire

# data[].attributes.body
Constantine the Great is born
Constantine, the first emperor to fully embrace Christianity and later down the road moving the Capital of Rome to Constantinople

# data[].attributes.body
Rome is split in half
Emperor Diocletian decides to cut the Roman Empire into two halves since governing all conquered provinces from the central city of Rome was virtually impossible, splits into the Western Roman Empire, governed by Rome, and the Eastern Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, which is governed by Constantinople

# data[].attributes.body
Constantine the Great comes to power
Constantine becomes the emperor of Rome, he vastly changed the social aspects of Rome, embracing Christianity and moving the capital from Rome to Constantinople

# data[].attributes.body
The beginning of barbaric invasions
Seen as some historians as a major contribution to the fall of Rome, various tribes started to organize themselves better politically and militarily which proved to be an increasing threat to the Romans.

# data[].attributes.body
Christianity becomes the official religion
Christianity is upheld as the official religion of the Roman empire which will have lasting effects even influencing much of the modern day

# data[].attributes.body
Western roman empire falls
Romulus, the last of the Roman emperors, was overthrown by the Germanic leader Odoacer, which officially ended the order that the Roman empire had brought to Western Europe for 1000 years