-B.C. 1000 Latins enter region
B.C. 900
-B.C. 753 Rome founded
B.C. 600
-B.C. 509 Republic created
-B.C.451 Twelve Tables written
-B.C. 405 Italy conquered
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-B.C. 265
-B.C. 264 Punic Wars fought
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-B.C. 146
-B.C. 44 Julius Caesar killed
-B.C. 27 Empire and Pax Romana begin with reign of Octavian
A.D. 1
-A.D. 29 Jesus crucified
-A.D. 37 Nero was born
-A.D. 50 Claudius adopts Nero
-A.D. 64 Great Fire happened and Nero told stories of
Troy's fire filled destruction
-A.D. 64 Christian Persecution begins
-A.D. 65 Conspiracy to kill Nero
-A.D. 68 Nero committed suicide
-A.D. 79 Pompeii destroyed
-A.D. 180 Pax Romana
-A.D. 253 Germanic tribes enter frontier regions
-A.D. 285 Diocletian divides empire into East and West
A.D. 300
-A.D. 313 Christianity given recognition
-A.D. 324 Constantine reunites empire
-A.D. 370 Huns invade frontier
-A.D. 380 Christianity made official religion
-A.D. 395 Empire permanently split
-A.D. 476 Last emperor deposed
A.D. 600
