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Mars the god of war has twins. Romulus and Remus, Romulus becomes the ruler and names the kingdom Rome after killing his brother. He is king until 715 BCE when he dies. Ancient Rome is ruled by kings for the next 240 years.
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There is a new ruler, Numa Pompilius. During his reign the creation of the priestly offices and the Roman Senate
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Tullus Hostilius is king. He creates a senate called Curia Hostilia.
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He builds the Circus Maximus, Installs the first few sewer systems, and institutes the first census
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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus is the last roman. king. He was very useful when creating the temple called Jupiter Optimus Maximus.
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A new government system is installed that includes a constitution, a complex republican government, and elected officials called senators, which the people elected. A year later the office of the High Priest is created.
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Ancient Rome defeats the Latin League at the Battle of lake Regulus
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The Twelve Tables of Roman Laws by Decemviri are published.
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The assemble of People is formed. Two Quaestors are elected for the first time. Quaestors supervised treasury, armies, financial affairs, and army officials.
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Marriage between Patricians and Plebeians is allowed
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The Ancient Romans defeat the Etruscans, and Roman soldiers receive their first paycheck.
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The Ancient Romans lose against the Gauls at the battle of Allia. The Gauls would go on to sack Ancient Rome.
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Lucius Sextius Sextinus is elected as the first non patrician consul.
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The Ancient Romans defeated the Etruscans, and a Gallic Tribe named the Boii at the battle of lake Vadimo.
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The number of quaestors moved from four to six.
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The first punic war begins with Carthage. The war ended with the defeat of Carthage. Sardinia, Corsica, and Carthage become the first ancient Roman provinces.
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The army defeats Gallic at the battle of telamon. One year later they defeat the Gauls again.
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The second war begins against Carthage.
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Hannibal leads Carthage over the Alps, they invade the city of Rome. The ancient roman army is defeated at the battle of Cannae.
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Hannibal is defeated at the battle of Zama by the Scipip Africanus Major who invaded Africa. This ends the second punic war.
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The third Punic War, it is also against Carthage.
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Scipio Aemilianus Africanus destroys the cities of Carthage and Corinth which ends the third punic war. After Ancient Greece falls the ancient Romans adopt the Ancient Greeks culture into their society.
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Tiberius Gracchus approves agrarian reform and is killed.
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Gaius Marius was elected consul. He institutes the Marian reforms of the military. These reforms established a standing army and drafting non-property owners into the army.
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Spartacus, a gladiator, leads a rebellion of slaves. two years later in 71, he was killed.
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He eliminates pirates from the Mediterranean sea. He's also the first ancient roman general to reach the Euphrates river securing new colonies along the way that increased the annual income of the roman empire.
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The First Triumvirate is formed with the alliance of three generals: Pompey, Crassus, and Julius Caesar.
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Julius Caesar is the first dictator of ancient Rome after defeating Pompey. This brings closure to the ancient roman republic.
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Julius caesar is assassinated by Marcus Brutus during the Ides in March. A civil war begins in Rome.
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Octavian, Antony, and Lepidus form the Second Triumvirate.
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Cleopatra and Antony are defeated by Octavian at the battle of Actium. A year later Antony and Cleopatra suicide and Egypt becomes a roman colony.
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Octavian changes his name into Caesar Augustus and becomes the first roman emperor.
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Caligula is named emperor, in 41 CE Claudius becomes emperor and invades Britain in 43 CE
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Nero becomes emperor. In 64 CE he allows the city of Rome to burn to the ground and blames it on christians.
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The romans finish building the colosseum which seats 50,000 spectators.
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Hadrian becomes emperor. In 122, CE, Hadrian's wall is constructed in Northern England to keep barbarians out of the Roman Empire.
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Marcus Aurelius is named emperor. He dies in 180 CE. This mars the end of the five good emperors.
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Diocletian becomes emperor. He makes Constantius 1 the co emperor of the Western Roman Empire
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He makes christianity the single religion in the Roman Empire. in 395 CE he would officially split the Roman Empire into two halves.
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He is named the Emperor. He would convert to christianity. In 330 CE he made Constantinople the new capital of the Roman Empire.
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Rome is invaded and destroyed by Alaric 1, and in 447 CE. Attila the hun crushes the eastern roman empire.
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Romulus Augustus is named emperor, one year later the Wester roman empire falls.