510 BC-Tarquin Superbus, Rome's last king, is overthrown in rebellion
450 BC-Romans colonize Italy; Law of Twelve Tables is published
300 BC-Rome and Carthage sign a treaty
264-241 BC-First Punic War; Rome annexes Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily; Aurelian Way completed
200-196 BC-Second Macedonian War
150-146 BC-Third Punic War; Carthage destroyed
103-102 BC-Second Sicilian Slave Rebellion
51 BC-Gaul becomes a Roman province
6 AD-Judea becomes a Roman province
54 AD-Nero becomes emperor
80 AD-Fires ravage Rome again; Baths of Titus and Coloseum are completed
161-180 AD-Rule of Marcus Aurelius
250 AD-Decius introduces "Emperor Worship" and persecutes Christians
306 AD-Constantine declared ruler of the Eastern Empire
351 AD-Constantius reunites the Empire
395 AD-The Empire is permanently divided
452 AD-Attila invades northern Italy
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