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According to the legent Romolus and Remus were the first citizines and after Romolus killed Remus he became the ruler and named a city after himself.
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Spartacus, a gladiator led the uprising, it lasted for 2 years, then the Roman defeated the slaves.
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Julius Caesar ( this firts dictator or Rome) was killed by the members of the senate with the help of his own (adopted) son Brutus. They killed him because the óy were afraid he has too much power and wanted to bring back the republic.
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Caesar Augustus became the first emperor, so the Roman Empire was formed.
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It lasted for 6 days and destroyed the two-third of Rome. Nero blamed the Christrians for this and started the empire's first persecution against the Christians, but some says that Nero was the one who started the fire.
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The Roman Empire has reached its greatest territorial expanse during the reign of Trajan.
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The Hadrian Wall was built to keep out the barbarians, this long wall (limes) was built across northern England.
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Emperor Constantine (the Great) signed an agreement to treat the Christians benevolently within the Roman Empire.
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It was fight between the Eastern Roman army (led by the Emperor Valens) and Gothic rebels, the Gothic rebels had an overwhelming victory.
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The Roman Empire was devided into 2 parts (Eastern and Western Roman Empire) by Theodosius.
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Visigoths invaded Rome.
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It was fought between the Huns under Attila and a mixed Roman and Visigoth force under Aetius and Theodoric I; it checked the Hunnic advance in Europe.
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The last Roman Emperor Romulus was defeated by a Germanic leader Odoacer
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Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts.
