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According to legend ancient Rome was a welcoming society to outcasts and outsiders. This society was started when two brothers Romulus and Remus fought on where to locate the city. After the argument Romulus kills his brother and names the city after himself. This city later became Rome, which was near the Tiber river
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753-716
Romulus reined for 37 years during his rule. He brought the Sabines and the Romans together. -
A period of time where Rome had a monarchical form of government.
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716-673
Rein of Numa Pompilius created the temple Janus, they had peace. -
673-641 BCE
Rein of Tullus Hostilius
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641-616
He waged war against the Latins.
He also extended the Roman territory to the sea, establishing a salt-works around the port, and took control over an area of the Tiber. -
616-578
During his reign, he fought against the Latins and Sabines. Tarquin is said to have built the Circus Maximus, the first and largest stadium at Rome, for chariot racing, the first horses were brought from Etruria -
534-509
Rein of Tarquinius Superbus
The last king of Rome, created the foundation of the capitoline hill temple. He was called Superbus after his proud characteristic. -
After overthrowing the Etruscan kings, the Romans created a new system of government with the Assembly and Senate.
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A period of time when Rome's form of government was a republic, this period came after the fall of the last Roman king and dissolved when Augustus Caesar became the first emperor.
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Tribune of the Plebs was the first office of the Roman state that was open to the plebeians. Plebs were free Roman citizens who were not patricians
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The First Punic War (264–241 BC) was fought in Sicily and Africa, was mostly fought on water. The Second Punic War (218 BC – 201 BC) is when Hannibal's army invaded Italy and defeated the Roman army. The Third Punic War (149–146 BC) involved an siege of Carthage, ending in the city's thorough destruction.
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In 264 B.C.E the games were first created. The gladiators themselves were usually slaves, criminals, or prisoners of war. Sometimes the gladiators were able to fight for their freedom, and if they had won they earned a wooden sword, called a Rudis. Gladiators were put in a pit filled with animals such as lions and fought for their freedom.
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The Macedonian Wars were a series of four wars fought by the Roman Republic and its allies against several Greek kingdoms.
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The Jugurthine War took place in 112–106 BC, between Rome and Jugurtha of Numidia, the Romans defeated Jugurtha
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Julius claims himself dictator for ten years in 47 BCE, later stating he was dictator for life in 44 BCE.
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After Julius appoints himself as dictator for life, individuals from the Roman Senate conspire to kill him, because they believe that he would overthrow the senate and become a tyrant. On March 15, near the Theater of Pompey, those individuals stormed up to Julius and stabbed him to death. Once Julius was dead, Marcus Antony takes over.
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After the battle of Actium, where Octavian (Julius's Adopted son) defeats Marc Antony, Octavian renames himself as Augustus Caesar, and becomes Rome's first Emperor .
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A period of peace that lasted for 206 years, established by Augustus Caesar.
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Period of time after the demise of the Roman Republic where the government was lead by emperors.
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The first emperor put in by the military instead of the Senate.Claudius expanded the empire to include,Britain,as well as North Africa,the Balkans and a part of Turkey. He also built two aqueducts, the Aqua Claudia,and the Anio Novus as well as several roads and canals.
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Nero was named as Claudius's heir at age 16, when his mother persuaded Claudius, the foolish emperor, to fall for her womanly charm. When Claudius died from poisoned mushroom, Nero took over. During his reign, Nero was rumored to have started a fire that burned down half of Rome, but when accused, Nero blamed it on Christians and killed many of them. On the cleared out land he built a palace with slave labor, public money and land.
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Nero was overthrown, hunted and was declared as a threat to the city of Rome, but during the hunt for him, Nero ended his own life by slitting his throat with a knife. After his death, Rome was left without a heir to the thrown, so generals fought for power.
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General Vespasian in the end won the battle between generals, and during his reign he drained the lake in front of Nero's Palace to build the Colosseum in the year 72CE. In 79CE he died of natural diseases, never being able to see the finished Coloseum.
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The Colosseum was finally completed. This building was important, because the held "bread and circuses" there to keep the Romans happy, and distract them from government matters.
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At this time, this is the largest the Empire has ever been.
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During his reign, military troops committed mutiny allowing multiple areas of the Roman Empire to revolt and claim others land. The man who led their protest was Flavius Odoacer, other known as Odovacar, who forced Romulus to renounce his throne on September 4, 476CE.
