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The Roman Empire

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  • 753 BC Rome is founded
    753 BCE

    753 BC Rome is founded

    Rome was founded by Romulus. Romulus was the first of the seven Roman kings. The original name of Rome was Roma.
  • 509 BC Rome becomes a Republic
    509 BCE

    509 BC Rome becomes a Republic

    The last king is expelled and Rome is now ruled by senators. There is a constitution with laws and Rome becomes a complex republican government.
  • 476 End of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome
    476 BCE

    476 End of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome

    The last Roman Emperor Romulus Augustus is defeated by the German Goth Odoacer. This is the start of the Dark Ages in Europe.

  • 45 BC Julius Caesar becomes the first dictator of Rome

    Julius Caesar defeats Pompey in a civil war. He becomes the supreme ruler of Rome. This is the end of the Roman Republic. He hires Sosigenes, an Egyptian astronomer, to work out a new 12 month calendar.
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