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Rome is founded near the Italian peninsula

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Etruscan becomes the king, and Rome becomes a City.

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509 BCE- Tarquin the Tyrant, the last king of Rome, falls from power. A Roman republic is established.

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451 BCE-  A group of officials began writing down roman laws on tables. The Twelve Tables set the bases for the future Roman law.

400 BCE- Rome controls most of central Italy and would continue to expand.

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265 BCE- Roman power has spread fall beyond Italy.
264 BCE- Punic Wars
*264-241 BCE- First Punic war, Rome vs. Carthrage
*218-202 BCE- Second Punic war, Rome wins over Carthrage

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Patricians and Plebeians struggle for power, Rome will also achieve a balanced government, Consuls are created.

149-146 BCE- Rome defeats Carthrage again in the third Punic War, Carthrage becomes a Roman province.

121 and 131 BCE - Tiberius and Gaius, tribune brothers that help the poor, die. Civil War follows their death.

100 BCE- A third of Rome's Population is slaves

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70 BCE- Rome spreads into Gaul and Anatolia

60 BCE- Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus take power and become the first Triumvirate.

March 14, 44 BCE- Julius Caesar is assassinated because he was named dictator for life.

43 BCE- Caesars Adoptive son Octavian, Marc Antony,  and Lepidus become the second Triumvirate.

31 BCE- Rome becomes and Empire

6-4 BCE- Jesus born

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29 CE- Jesus becomes popular and Christianity begins to spread.

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79 CE- Mt. Vesuvius erupts and kills 2000 of Pompeii's residents.

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Christianity becomes popular in the 3rd century.

284 CE- Diocletian splits Rome into eastern and western Rome. The capital of Western Rome is Rome, the capital of Eastern Rome (Byzantine) is Constantinople.

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370 CE- Germanic tribes begin invading western Rome

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476 CE- Western Rome falls to the Huns, Byzantine would last for several hundred more years.