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753 BCE
Founding of Rome by Romulus after Killing Remus, Monarchy beginning
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509 BCE
Monarchy end, Republic beginning
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264 BCE
First Punic War Begins
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241 BCE
First Punic War Ends, With Roman Victory
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218 BCE
Second Punic War Begins, with Hannibal leading Carthage Army
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202 BCE
Battle of Zama, final battle of 2nd Punic War
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201 BCE
Second Punic War ends, with Carthaginian defeat
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149 BCE
Third Punic War Begins
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146 BCE
Third Punic War Ends
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100 BCE
Julius Caesar Born
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60 BCE
Pompey, Crassus and Julius Caesar formed alliance known as First Triumvirate
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58 BCE
Gallic Wars Begin
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52 BCE
Siege of Alesia, last major engagement between Gaul’s and Romans
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51 BCE
Gallic Wars end with surrender of Vercingetorix
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48 BCE
Battle of Pharsalus, Caesar defeats Pompey
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44 BCE
Julius Caesar assassinated
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43 BCE
Ocatavius, Lepidus, and Mark Antony form 2nd Triumvirate
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42 BCE
Battle of Philippi, Antony & Octavian, defeat Brutus and Cassius
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27 BCE
Republic end, Empire Beginning, Pax Romana Begins
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Period: 27 BCE to 14
Augustus’s reign
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3 BCE
Jesus Christ is Born in Bethlehem
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Period: 14 to 37
Tiberius’s reign
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Period: 37 to 41
Caligula’s reign
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Period: 41 to 54
Claudius’s reign
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Period: 54 to 68
Nero’s reign
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Period: 69 to 79
Vespasian’s reign
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79
Eruption of Vesuvius, which covered Pompeii in Ash
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Period: 79 to 81
Titus’s reign
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80
Completion of the Colosseum
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Period: 81 to 96
Domitian’s reign
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Period: 96 to 98
Nerva’s reign
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Period: 98 to 117
Trajan’s reign
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Period: 117 to 138
Hadrian’s reign
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Period: 138 to 161
Antoninus Pius’s reign
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Period: 161 to 180
Marcus Aurelius’s reign
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180
Pax Romana ends
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Period: 193 to 211
Septimius Severus reign
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Period: 270 to 275
Aurelian’s reign
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Period: 284 to 305
Diocletian’s reign
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Period: 311 to 337
Constantine’s reign
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Period: 475 to 476
Romulus Augustulus’s reign