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The founders of Rome occupied a place south of the Tiber River.
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A republic replaced the Roman monarchy after it was overthrown. Because of the new republic, many wars were fought.
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The whole of the Italian peninsula was overtaken by the Romans.
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Poet Virgil was born in 70bc then soon passed away in 19bc. Who famously wrote Eclogues and the famous epic The Aeneid.
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After Julius Caesar was made to be the dictator in Rome. His contributions include the 365-day calendar with leap years, agricultural wealth for Rome and urban culture in the West, and the cultural assimilation of the various regions under Roman rule.
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This area was called "five good emperors" as Rome had returned to a stable government. The five emperors were Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.
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26 military leaders took the power of the Roman Empire including some enemies of Rome.
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Christianity became the only religion of the Roman Empire by Theodosius I.
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Odovacar, the leader of the German tribes, became the king of Rome. This resulted in the end of the Western Roman Empire.