James Bingham-4

By mrhudson
  • Goths
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    Goths

    410 AD Rome sacked by the Goths under Alaric
  • The Beginning
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    The Beginning

    753 BC Romulus founds Rome according to legend
  • Republic Beginning
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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.
  • Punic Wars
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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.
  • Caesar
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    Caesar

    44 BC Julius Caesar murdered on the Ides of March and cremated in the Forum.
  • Octavian
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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
  • St. Peter
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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.
  • Five Good Emperors
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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.
  • Pantheon
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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.
  • Constantine
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    Constantine

    312 AD Constantine defeats the rival emperor Maxentius and converts to Christianity, starts to build Christian basilicas in Rome.