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Rome was a small Iron Age hut village
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The first state of Rome
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Rome was briefly under the rule of the neighboring Etruscans
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Rome disbands from the Etruscans, becomes a republic
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Rome expanded greatly during the Roman Republic
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The Twelve Tables, which contained the first Roman law code, were created and placed in the Roman forum
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The Gauls sacked, (to raid and destroy), Rome in 390 BC, they also burned the city to the ground
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Roman senate controlled by patricians and wealthy plebeians
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Gains control of the entire Italian peninsula
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The Punic Wars, a series of wars between Carthage and Rome, ended with Rome emerging victorious and destroying Carthage
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The great Carthaginian leader Hannibal defeated at the hands of Rome
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