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According to legend Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus -
Rome trasitions from monarchy to a republic ruled by elected officials -
Rome fights carthage and gains control of sicily marking the start of its expansion beyond Italy -
Rome defeats Hannibal of carthgate securing its dominance in the western mediterranean -
Rome destroys Carthage ending the third punic war and gaining control of north Africa -
Julius Caesar leads two expeditions to Britain marking Rome's first contact with the island