Ancient Rome By Quinn The Actual Goat 6969 509 BCE Roman Republic is founded 449 BCE The Law of the 12 Tables is instituted 218 BCE Hannibal ivades Italy 73 BCE The spartacus slave uprising 45 BCE Julius Caesar Becomes dictator 44 BCE Julius Caesar is assassninated 27 BCE Augustus becomes the first emperor of rome 38 Emperor Caligulas reighn begins 64 Great Fire of Rome 80 Construction of the colosseum is completed 96 Age of the five good emperors 165 Antonine Plague 330 Capital of the Empire is moved to constantinople 330 Empire converts to christinanity 410 Sack of rome