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Founding of Rome
Rome was founded by Romulus. Romulus was the first of the seven Roman kings. The original name of Rome was Roma.

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Rome became free & a republic
Rome over threw their Etruscan conquerors Once free the Romans then established a republic government where citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf.

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Hannibal's march
Hannibal invades Italy. Hannibal leads the Carthage army in his famous crossing of the Alps to attack Rome. which is part of the Second Punic war

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The Romans have victory in the Macedonian War, conquering Greece

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Spartacus revolts
A gladiator by the name of Spartacus leads the slaves in an uprising.

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the start of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome. Caesar makes his famous Crossing of the Rubicon and defeats Pompey in an civil war to become the supreme ruler of Rome. This starts  the end of the Roman Republic.

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fall of Julius ceaser
Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus. Rome hopes to bring back a republic, but a civil war breaks out

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Augustus takes control

The Roman Empire begins as Caesar Augustus becomes the first Roman Emperor.

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birth of Jesus
Jesus was born in the roman republic

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Claudius become emperor
He became the first emperor born outside of rome

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Claudius dies

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Nero becomes king
He was the only male left linked to August

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Nero turns on rome
This marks a fall in rome

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Nero the psycho reigns
Much of Rome burns. Legend has it that Emperor Nero watched the city burn while playing a lyre.

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Nero commits suicide

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A display of how great Roman architecture The Colosseum is built. One of the great examples of Roman engineering is finished. It can seat 50,000 spectators

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stopping barbarians
The Hadrian Wall is built. To keep out the barbarians. The long wall is built across northern England.

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Christianity starts to take over
Constantine becomes Emperor. Constantine would convert to Christianity and Rome would become a Christian empire. Prior to this Rome persecuted people for believing ,following the Christians.

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Christianity become mandatory
Theodosius I declares Christianity to be the sole religion of the Roman Empire

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Rome divides
Rome splits into two empires. Eastern was the (Byzantium later Constantinople) & the western was governed by Rome

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Rome falls
The end of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome. The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This is the start of the Dark Ages in Europe

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The Byzantine empire comes to an end as it falls to the Ottoman Empire.

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Rome is conquered
The Visigoths sack Rome. This marks the first time in 800 years that the city of Rome has fallen to an enemy.