TIMELINE

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BC

• (900 BC) Iron Age: communities established in river valleys in Etruria
• (800 BC) Greeks settled in Southern Italy and Sicily
• (753 BC) Legendary founding of Rome by Romulus
• (715-673 BC) Numa Pompilius reigned as second King of Rome
• (616 BC) Etruscans became rulers of Rome
• (509 BC) Last Etruscan king forced out of Rome; Roman Empire established
• (499 BC) Romans defeated Latins and Etruscans in Battle of Lake Regillus
• (400 BC) Gauls settled along Po River valley
• (390 BC) Gauls sacked Rome
• (312 BC) Via Appia and Aqua Appia aqueducts built
• (265 BC) Romans took over last Etruscan city
• (264-241 BC) First Punic War occurred
• (237 BC) Romans moved into Corsica and Sardinia
• (218 BC) Second Punic War; Hannibal crossed Alps
• (216 BC) Romans defeated at Battle of Cannae
• (191 BC) Romans captured Gaulish territory
• (168 BC) Third Macedonian War ended
• (146 BC) Third Punic War ended
• (49 BC) Caesar forces Pompey out of Rome
• (44 BC) Julius Caesar murdered; Roman Republic brought to an end
• (31 BC) Marc Antony defeated at Battle of Actium
• (30 BC) Mark Antony and Cleopatra committed suicide in Egypt
• (27 BC) Augustus became first Roman Emperor

AD 79 - 900

• (AD 79) Pompeii and Herculaneum destroyed by eruption of Mt. Vesuvius
• (80) Coliseum hosted first games
• (125) Pantheon rebuilt by Hadrian
• (161-180) Marcus Aurelius reigned
• (216) Baths at Caracalla completed
• (270) Aurelian Wall built
• (320) The first St. Peter's church built
• (324) Constantine became ruler of Rome
• (476) Odoacer sacks Rome; Roman Empire ends
• (485) Atilla the Hun invaded Italy
• (535) Byzantine Empire took over most of Italy
• (564) Lombards invaded Italy
• (774) Charlemagne defeated Lombards, subsequently conquered all of Italy
• (800) Charlemagne crowned Holy Roman Emperor
• (878) Saracens took control of Sicily
• (962) Otto the Great crowned Emperor

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