Timeline of Ancient Rome By Miri______ 753 BCE Rome was the the main ruler 509 BCE Rome was constantly at war 265 BCE Rome became a larger empire by taking over Italy 70 BCE Life of the poet, Virgil 44 BCE Julius Caesar makes himself King 31 BCE Antony and Cleopatra are defeated by Octavian 14 Augustus dies 96 Five Good Emperors 235 26 military leaders seize power 380 Christianity was declared the sole religion of the Roman Empire by Theodosius 476 End of the Western Roman Empire