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Rome was Founded
753 BC The Roman Empire was one of the greatest civilizations in history. It began in Rome in 753 BC. Rome controlled over two million square miles stretching from the Rhine River to Egypt and from Britain to Asia Minor. Rome was founded by Romulus. Romulus was the first of the seven Roman kings. The original name of Rome was Roma. -
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Rome becomes a Republic
509 BC The Romans overthrew their Ectruscan conquerors. They had ruled over the Romans for hundreds of years. Once free, they established a republic. The citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf. Rome is now ran by the Roman Senate. -
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Hannibal Invades Italy
218 BC Hannibal leads Carthage to attack Italy. He marched his army across Pyrenees and Alps. Hannibal got his hate from Rome from his father, Hamilcar Barca. His father was the defender of Sicily in the First Punic War. Hainnibal began the Second Punic War. -
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Christianity
early 300s AD The spread of Christianity through Rome was hastened by the conversion of the emperor Constantine to the religion in the early 300s. His conversionw as apparentl triggered by a vision that he claimed to have experienced just before a battle in 312. After winning the battle, Constantine became a patron of Christianity. In 313 he issued the Edict of Milan, which made Christianity legal within the empire. -
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Rome splits
395 AD In 395 AD, Rome split into two empires - the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Each side had a ruler in charge of it. The Roman Empire was split by Theodosius. -
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Roman Empire begins
27 BC After the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, Gaius Octavian Thurinus, Julius Caesar's nephew and heir, became the first emperor of Rome and took the name Augustus Caesar. Octavius appoints himself "Augustus", which means the first emperor. Augustus reformed the laws of the city and, by extension, the empire’s, secured Rome's borders, initiated vast building project. It secured the empire a lasting name as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, political and cultural powers in history. -
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Many things begin being built.
87 AD - 122AD
The Colosseum was built in 80 AD. The completion of the Colosseum was celebrated with 100 days of games. The Romans invade Scotland. The Hadrian Wall was built in 122 AD. It was a long wall built across northern England in an effort to keep the barbarians out. -
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Pax Romana
27 BC - 180 AD The period from the beginning of Augustus's reign in 27 BC until the death of the last of the Good Emperors in AD 180 is called the Pax Romana. Several essential traits, such as stable government, a storng legal system, widespread during the Pax Romana. The smooth working of the imperial government was seldom interrupted by war or invation. Trade, and, most importantly, preace chracterized this long era. -
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Julius Ceasar becomes the first dictator of Rome
45 BC Julius Caesar defeats Pompey in a civil war. Caesar managed to persuade a senate which knew it possessed no effective powers to declare him dictator for life. He became the supreme ruler of Rome. Julius was King of Rome in all but title. This is the end of the Roman Republic. He hired Sosigenes, an Egyptian astronomer, to work out a new 12 month calendar. -
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Julius Caesar is assassinated
Julius Caesar is assassinated on the Ides of March by Marcus Brutus and his senators. After he entered the hall, Caesar was surrounded by senators holding daggers. Servilius Casca struck the first blow, hitting Caesar in the neck, drawing blood. The other senators all joined in and stabbed him repeatedly about the head. Then, Marcus Brutus stabbed Caesar in the groin wherein Caesar said, "You too my child?" They hoped to bring back the republic, but civil war broke out instead.