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Tarquin, the Etruscan and the last king of Rome, is overthrown
-510
Government, Roman Republic
Creation of tribune office and assembly of people
-494
Government, Roman Republic
First Roman law code
-450
Government, Roman Republic
Etruscan city of Veii conquered, ending the supremacy of Etruscans
-396
War, Roman Republic
Gauls lay seige to the Roman capitol
-390
War, Roman Republic
Consulate constitution allows plebeians to be consuls
-366
Government, Roman Republic
Romans build first aqueduct and Appian Way
-312
Architecture, Roman Republic
Hannibal leads Carthagian army across the Alps to attack Rome
-218
War, Roman Republic
Hannibal defeats Roman legions at Cannae
-216
War, Roman Republic
Scipio defeats Hannibal at Battle of Zama, near Carthage, to end Second Punic War
-202
War, Roman Republic
Macedonians forced out of Greece
-196
War, Roman Republic
Roman legion defeats Macedonians at Pydna in northern Greece
-168
War, Roman Republic
Greece falls to Rome after Sparta's call for help
-148
Government, Roman Republic
Sciopio Aemilianus (grandson of Scipio Africanus) destroys Carthage
-146
War, Roman Republic
Macedonia becomes Roman province
-146
War, Roman Republic
Mob against reforms kills Gaius Gracchus (like his brother 8 years earlier)
-140
Government, Roman Republic
Perganum becomes Roman province
-133
War, Roman Republic
Murder of tribune Tiberius Graccus
-133
Government, Roman Republic
Sulla resigns his dictatorship
-79
Government, Roman Republic
Spartacus leads slave revolt
-71
War, Roman Republic
Consulship of Pompey and Crassus
-70
Government, Roman Republic
Pompey the Great defeats pirates in eastern Mediterranean
-67
Government, Roman Republic
Rome occupies the Seleucid Empire
-64
War, Roman Republic
Rome defeats Mithridates of Pontus annexing Armenia and Asia Minor
-63
War, Roman Republic
Julius Caesar leads legions into Britain for the first time
-55
War, Roman Republic
Parthians defeat Crassus and army of 50,000 men at Carrhae in Mesopotamia
-53
War, Roman Republic
Julius Caesar crushes the Gauls at Alesia
-52
War, Roman Republic
Caesar crosses Rubicon
-49
War, Roman Republic
Pompey defeated by Caesar at Pharsalus
-48
War, Roman Republic
Caesar's reforms include modern calendar
-45
Government, Roman Republic
Antony arrests Cassius and Brutus who flee to the east
-44
Government, Roman Republic
Caesar murdered in Senate of Roman Republic on March 15
-44
Government, Roman Republic
Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian rule
-43
Government, Roman Republic
Cicero's murder follows reconciliation of Mark Anthony and Octavian
-43
Government, Roman Republic
Triumvirate defeats Cassius and Brutus at Philippi
-42
War, Roman Republic
Herod becomes king of Judea
-37
Government, Roman Republic
Battle of Naulochus
-36
War, Roman Republic
Mark Antony loses to Octavian and Agrippa at Battle of Actium--Roman Empire begins
-31
War, Roman Republic