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Roman Colosseum
Ancient Roman Gods and Goddesses
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| 600 BC | The Etruscans establish cities from northern to central Italy |
| 282 BC | 282-272: War with Pyrrhus |
| 264 BC | 264-241: War with Carthage (First Punic War) |
| 218 BC | Hannibal invades Italy |
| 135BC | 135-132 BC First Servile War prompted by slave revolts |
| 73 BC | 73 - 71 BC Slave uprising led by the gladiator called Spartacus |
| 64 BC | Pompey captures Jerusalem |
| 45 BC | Julius Caesar defeats Pompey to become the first dictator of Rome |
| 44 BC | Julius Caesar assassinated |
| 44 BC | 44-31BC The Triumvirate of Marc Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian (later known as Caesar Augustus) become the rulers of Rome
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| 31 BC | Antony and Cleopatra are defeated by Octavian |
| 27 BC | Octavian becomes Caesar Augustus, the first Roman emperor until 14AD |
| 0 | The birth of Jesus Christ |
| 14AD | Death of Augustus and Tiberius, stepson of Caesar Augustus, becomes emperor until 37AD |
| 33 AD | Crucifixion of Jesus in the Roman province of Jerusalem and the origin of Christianity |
| 37 | Gaius (Caligula) crowned Emperor |
| 41 | Caligula is killed and Claudius proclaimed Emperor |
| 54 | Emperor Claudius is murdered and Nero is proclaimed Emperor |
| 64 | Fire destroyed much of Rome - the Christians are blamed for the destruction |
| 68 | The death of Nero ended the infamous Julio-Claudian dynasty |
| 75 | 75-80 The Roman emperors start to build the Coliseum in Rome as a place of gladiatorial combat |
| 180 | Commodus succeeds his father Marcus Aurelius and gains imperial power |
| 305 | Constantine becomes the first Christian emperor |
| 380 | Christianity is declared the sole religion of the Roman Empire by Theodosius I |
| 410 | The Visigoths, led by Alaric, sack Rome heralding the total decline of the Roman Empire |
| 455 | The Vandals, led by Gaiseric, sack Rome |
| 476 | The last Roman Emperor was Romulus Augustulus who was defeated by Odoacer who was a German Goth
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