Years listed in maroon are BCE; years listed in blue are CE.
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| ca. 1200 |
Trojan War ends; Aeneas escapes to Italy. |
| ca. 800 |
Homer writes the Iliad & Odyssey. |
| ca. 753 |
Romulus founds Rome. |
| ca. 600 |
The Roman alphabet evolves from the Greek via the Etruscans. |
| 510 |
Brutus's revolt expels Tarquin & establishes the Republic. |
| 496 |
Decemvirs formulate the XII Tables. |
| 450 |
Decemvirs formulate the XII Tables. |
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| 218 |
Hannibal, crossing the Alps, invades Italy from the north. |
| 217-216 |
Hannibal wipes out Roman legions at Trasimene & Cannae. |
| 202 |
Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal at Zama. |
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| 149-146 |
Scipio Aemilianus destroys Carthage & curses its soils. |
| 146 |
Mummius destroys Corinth & establishes Greece as a province. |
| 133 |
Attalus III of Pergamum bequeaths "Asia" to Rome. |
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| 102-101 |
Marius's legions stop the invasions of the Teutones & Cimbri. |
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| 82 |
Sulla is appointed dictator & begins senatorial reforms & purges. |
| 79 |
Sulla retires, dying a year later. |
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| 63 |
Cicero, as consul, exposes & ends the Catilinarian Conspiracy. |
| 60 |
First Triumvirate is formed by Pompey, Crassus, & Caesar |
| 58-52 |
Caesar conquers Gaul. |
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| 49 |
Civil war ensues between Caesar & Pompey. |
| 48 |
Caesar defeats Pompey at Dyrrachium. |
| 44 |
Caesar is assassinated by a group of senators led by Brutus. |
| 43 |
Triumvirs proscribe & execute Cicero. |
