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the Roman empire is attacked for the first time by barbarians.
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After the assassination of emperor Severus Alexander a 50-year civil war erupts.
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emperor Decius orders the first empire-wide persecution of Christians
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Roma conquers southern Italy.
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The Forum was built.
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Rome (Roma) is founded by Romulus.
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Serbia defeats the eastern Roman empire and annexes Macedonia and Thrace.
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Serbia defeats the eastern Roman empire and annexes Thessaly and Epirus.
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the city of Roma has one million inhabitants.
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The Romans defeat the Macedonian king Philip V at Cynoscephalae.
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Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, the last of the Antonines, becomes emperor and promoties the cult of Elegabalus, a Syriac sun god.
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The plague (Black Death) strikes Constantinople and it will kill half the population of the city.
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Trajan dies on his way to the Persian Gulf and Hadrian becomes emperor.
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Gaius Gracchus is assassinated.
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Roma issues coins.
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Tiberius Gracchus enacts a law to redistribute land to the poor farmers but is assassinated with 300 of his supporters
