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AD 122 Emperor Hadrian has a wall built across northern England to keep the Picts and Celts out of Roman territory
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509BC The Etruscans are driven out of Rome and the Roman Republic is formed
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AD 79 Mt Vesuvius erupts. Pompeii is destroyed
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197BC Spain becomes a Roman province
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55 BC Julius Caesar's first invasion of Britain
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AD 410 The Roman army leaves Britain