Roman Empire By imclean 753 BCE Foundation of Rome Romulus and Remus discovered Rome 509 BCE Rome Becomes A Republic Period: 264 BCE to 146 BCE Punic Wars Period: 49 BCE to 45 BCE The Roman civil war or Caesar’s civil war 45 BCE Julius Caesar Becomes 1st Roman Dictator 44 BCE Julius Caesar Is Assassinated 27 BCE Roman Empire begins 64 Rome burns - has to do with religion and Christianity 306 Constantine becomes emperor 380 Christianity is determined as the sole religion of the Empire 395 Roman Empire is split into two empires- Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire ( Byzantine Empire) 476 The Western Roman Empire Falls 1453 Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) ends
