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600 BC |
The Etruscans establish cities
from northern to central Italy |
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282 BC |
282-272: War with Pyrrhus |
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264 BC |
264-241: War with Carthage
(First Punic War) |
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218 BC |
Hannibal invades Italy |
|
135BC |
135-132 BC First Servile War
prompted by slave revolts |
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73 BC |
73 - 71 BC Slave uprising led
by the gladiator called Spartacus |
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64 BC |
Pompey captures Jerusalem |
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45 BC |
Julius Caesar defeats Pompey
to become the first dictator of Rome |
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44 BC |
Julius Caesar assassinated |
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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 |
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27 BC |
Octavian becomes Caesar
Augustus, the first Roman emperor until 14AD |
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0 |
The birth of Jesus Christ |
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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 |
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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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