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509 B.C.
Romans overthrow Tarquin and set up a Republic -
450 B.C.
Romans start writing down their laws by making the Twelve Tables -
290 B.C.
Rome became leading power in central Italy -
275 B.C.
Rome rules the whole peninsula -
264 B.C.
First Punic War began -
241 B.C.
End of the First Punic War -
218 B.C.
Second Punic War began -
201 B.C.
End of the Second Punic War -
149 B.C.
Rome attacks Carthage and destroyes it. -
146 B.C.
Rome rules most of the Mediterranean -
135 B.C.
Rome is in a great deal of economical trouble -
60 B.C.
Caesar becomes triumvirate -
58 B.C.
Caesor is named governer of a Roman Province. -
46 B.C.
Julius Caesar becomes dictator of the Roman Republic -
44 B.C.
Julius Caesar is stabbed to death in the Senate room. -
31 B.C.
Octavian became sole ruler of the Roman Empire.