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753 BCE
753 BCE: The founding of Rome
Romulus and Remus found Rome. Romulus kills Remus and names the city after him self. -
509 BCE
509 BCE: The Republic begins
After having 7 kings Rome starts the Republic period. It is ruled by senators and has a constitution. -
476 BCE
476 CE: The end of the Western Roman Empire
The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is deposed and the Middle Ages begin. -
476 BCE
476 AD
The end of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome. Romulus is defeated by Odoacer and that begins the start of the Dark Ages -
308 BCE
308 AD
Theodosius declares Christianity to be the sole religion of the Roman Empire. -
306 BCE
306 AD
Consantine becomes Emperor. Which turns Rome into an Christian empire -
218 BCE
218 BCE: Hannibal invades
Hannibal attacks Rome and invades Italy in the second war. -
121 BCE
121 AD
The Hadrian Wall is built. To keep out the Barbarians a long wall is built across northern England -
73 BCE
73 BCE: Spartacus slave uprising
Spartacus a gladiator leads a bunch of slaves in a series of battles. Him and his men were caught and grustified. -
64 BCE
64 CE: The Great Fire of Rome
Most of the city is destroyed in a vast fire. Emperor Nero has often been blamed, but modern scholarship doubts this. -
45 BCE
45 BCE: Julius Caesar becomes a dictator
After Julius Caesar wins the civil war he established himself as a dictator for life and supreme ruler of Rome. Which ends the Roman Republic. -
44 BCE
44 BCE: The death of Julius Caesar
He was assassinated which brings back the republic -
27 BCE
27 BCE: The Roman Empire begins
Even though Caesar was a dictator, the first leader to call himself ''Emperor'' or Augustus was Octavius. -
395
395 AD
Rome splits into two empires -
1453
1453 AD
The Byzantine Empire comes to an end as it falls to the Ottoman Empire