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Goths
410 AD Rome sacked by the Goths under Alaric -
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The Beginning
753 BC Romulus founds Rome according to legend -
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Republic Beginning
509 BC The Etruscan Tarquinius Superbus, last king of Rome, is run out of the city and the republic is established. -
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Punic Wars
264-146 BC Punic Wars fought by Rome against the Carthaginian general Hannibal. Rome gains control of Sicily, parts of Spain and north Africa. -
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Caesar
44 BC Julius Caesar murdered on the Ides of March and cremated in the Forum. -
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Octavian
31 BC Octavian, Caesar's adopted son, ends the struggle for power when he triumphs over the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra -
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St. Peter
65 AD St Peter martyred under Nero, and buried on the site of the present St Peter's Basilica. -
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Five Good Emperors
96-180 AD The 'Five Good Emperors', including Marcus Aurelius whose equestrian statue stands on the Capitoline Hill, maintain the Pax Romana (era of peace) that began under Augustus. -
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Pantheon
125 AD Pantheon constructed by Hadrian as a temple to all the gods, later to become the first Roman temple to be Christianised, in 609 AD. -
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Constantine
312 AD Constantine defeats the rival emperor Maxentius and converts to Christianity, starts to build Christian basilicas in Rome.
