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  Rome is founded by Romulus in 753 B.C. This is Significant because Rome was one of the most powerful nations often compared to America.
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  Rome had a very successful government, lasting from 753 B.C. until 23 B.C. when the Empire began to fall, Rome finally fell in 1453 when the Ottomans conquer the empire of Trebizond.
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  The Ottoman Turks capture Constantinople. This is significant because it is the fall of Rome.
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  Rome becomes a republic in 509 B.C.. This event is significant because there is no longer a king.
