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Rome was founded by Romulus in 753BC.
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The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators in 509BC.
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Hannibal leads the Carthage army to attack Italy in 218BC
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Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome in 45BC.
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Julius Caesar is assassinated in 44BC.
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The Roman Empire begins in 27BC.
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Much of Rome is burnt in AD64.
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The Colosseum is built in AD80.
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The Hadrian Wall is built in AD122.
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Constantine, a Christian man, becomes emperor in AD306
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Theodosius I makes Christianity as the main religion of the Roman Empire in AD380.
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In AD395 Rome split into two empires - the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire.The Roman Empire was split by Theodosius.
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The Visigoths defeat Rome in AD430. For the first time in 800 years, Rome was defeated.
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The last Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer in AD476.