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After the battle of actium gaius thurnus became the first emperor of Rome
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The roman empire first started with augustus caeser In 27 BCE
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Augustus ruled the empire until 14 CE when he died
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Titus early reign sawe the eruption of mount vesuvius in 79 CE which buried the cities of Pompeii, and Herculaneum
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Titus died of fever and was succeded by his brother Domitian
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Domitian ruled from 81-96 CE, and in this time expanded and secyred the boundaries of Rome, repaired damage to the city caused by the great fir, continued building projects by his brother, and improved economy of this empire
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Domitian was assasinated in 96 CE
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Nerva was the 1st of the five good emperors who ruled from 96-98 CE
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Trajan was the second of the five good emperors who ruled from 98-117 CE
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Hadrian was the third of the five good emperors, and he ruled from 117-138 CE
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Antonius pius was the fourth of the five good emperors who ruled from 138-161 CE
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Marcus Aurelius was the last of the five great emperors, who ruled from 161-180 CE
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Severus ruled from 193-211 CE, in which this time he founded the Severan Dynasty, defeated the Parthians, and expanded the empire.
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Caracalla began ruling in 211 and was assassinated in 217
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the assassination of Alexander Severus 235 CE plunged the empire into the chaos known as the crisis of the third century.
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The empire was reunited from the chaos by aurelian in 270-275
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The empire was still so vast that Diocletian divided it in half in 285 CE
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Diocletian retired in 305 CE
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After Constatine defeated maximus he became the sole emoperor of both western and eastern empires ruling from 306-337 CE
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in 312 CE Constatine defeated Maximus at the battle of the Milvian Bridge
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in 317 Constantine initiated a series of laws which mandated the religious tolerance throughout the empire
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Constantine stopped ruling in 337 CE
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Later after Constantine died his cousin Julian took over in 361 CE and ruled for 2 year, which in this time he tried to return Rome to her former glory.
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from 376-382 Rome fought a series of battles against invading Goths, and the battle of Adrianople
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In 378 CE the Roman empire Valens was defeated
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In 379 CE Theodosius bring Constantine and Jovian religious reforms to natural ends, outlawed pagan worship throughout the empire, closed schools and universities, and converted pagan temples into christian churches
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as early as 418 Orosius argued innocence of Rome's decline
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The western Empire officially ended in 476 CE
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The Roman empire continued in 1453 but with the name of the Byzantine empire
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The legacy of Rome is continued to this day with all of their inventions and innovations