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Carthage is destroyed by Rome.
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Rome wages the first Punic War with the Carthaginians from North Africa. Rome defeats the Carthaginians and adds Sicily to its empire.
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Rome becomes an empire. Emperor Augustus reigns till AD 14
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Julius Caesar is murdered.
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Julius Caesar conquers Gaul.
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Sparacus leads the slave rebellion.
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Hannibal leads troops over the Alps to attack Rome.
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Etuscan king Tarquin the Proud is overthrown by the Romans. This is the end of the period of Etruscan kings who had ruled Rome cor a century. The Romans begin to conquer vast amounts of Etruscan territory and expand their controls of Italy