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771 BCE
Birth of Romulus
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753 BCE
Rome is founded under a Monarchy
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716 BCE
Death of Romulus
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509 BCE
The last Roman Monarch overthrown and the Republic is founded
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264 BCE
Beginning of the First Punic War
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241 BCE
End of the First Punic War
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218 BCE
Beginning of the Second Punic War
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202 BCE
Battle of Zama
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201 BCE
End of the Second Punic War
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149 BCE
Beginning of the Third Punic War
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146 BCE
End of the Third Punic War
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100 BCE
Birth of Julius Caesar
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60 BCE
Founding of the First Triumvirate
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58 BCE
Beginning of the Gallic Wars
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53 BCE
Disbanding of the First Triumvirate
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52 BCE
Battle of Alesia
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50 BCE
End of the Gallic Wars
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48 BCE
Battle of Pharsalus
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44 BCE
Assassination of Julius Caesar
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43 BCE
Founding of the Second Triumvirate
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42 BCE
Battle of Philippi
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32 BCE
Disbanding of the Second Triumvirate
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31 BCE
Battle of Actium
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27 BCE
The Roman Republic ends with Augustus Caesar declared as Emperor
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27 BCE
Beginning of 'Pax Romana'
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1 CE
Birth of Christ
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14
Tiberius replaces Augustus as Emperor
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37
Caligula replaces Tiberius as Emperor
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41
Claudius replaces Caligula as Emperor
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54
Nero replaces Claudius as Emperor
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68
Vespassian emerges from Civil War as Emperor
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79
Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
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79
Titus replaces Vespasian as Emperor
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80
Completion of the Colosseum
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81
Domitian replaces Titus as Emperor
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96
Nerva replaces Domitian as Emperor
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98
Trajan replaces Nerva as Emperor
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117
Hadrian replaces Trajan as Emperor
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138
Antoninus Pius replaces Hadrian as Emperor
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161
Marcus Aurelius replaces Antoninus Pius as Emperor
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180
End of 'Pax Romana'
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180
Commodus replaces Marcus Aurelius as Emperor
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195
Septimius Severus usurps the throne
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270
Beginning of Aurelian's reign
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275
End of Aurelian's reign
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280
Beginning of Constantine's reign
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280
Beginning of Constantine's reign
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284
Beginning of Diocletian's reign
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305
End of Diocletian's reign
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337
End of Constantine's reign
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475
Beginning of Romulus Augustulus's reign
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476
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
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476
Romulus Augustulus is deposed by Odoacer