founded by Romulus after defeating Remus, in the Latium Plain, along the banks of the Tiber river
last king abused power, overthrown and exiled from Rome
vowing to never live under a tyrant again, Rome formed a Republic, in times of crisis, dictatot would take power and give it back to the people after victory, politicians were generals
(Carthage= Phoenician city on the coast of North Africa) began with fighting in Sicily, Rome found a Carthaginian ship and copies it, Carthage surrenders in 241 BC, Rome draws up an unfair treaty
Hannibal crosses the Alps into Italy, Carthage massacres Roman army at Trebia in 218 BC, Lake Trasimae in 217 BC, Cannae in 216 BC, Roman army uses Fabian tactic (avoiding combat), Hannibal defeates Atzama, eniding the war in 201 BC
Rome invades Carthage and burns down and piledges Carthage, Rome controls Meditteranean when the war ends in 146 BC
Sulla invades Rome, Marius escapes
slave rebellion, Spartacus and 70 other gladiators piledged Capua on their way out of the city, fled to Mount Vesuvius
a 3-headed political rule, Crassus, Pompey, and Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon and defeates Pompey's forces, then names himself dictator of Rome
assassinated by several Roman senators
Julius Caesar left everything to Octavian, his nephew, causing a war with Marc Antony and Octavian, Octavian wins in 31 BC
"first citizen", end of Roman Republic, many changes in Rome
built by Vespasian of the Flavian dynasty, as a gift to the Roman people
Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antorinus Pius, Marcus Aurelius
arch made in celebration of victory
during the reign of Hadrian
using the wall, the army enforced border control
became Emperor of Rome, then renamed the city of Byzantium to Constantinople
Constantine converts to Christianity on his death bed, which gradually changed the majority of Roman Faith to Christianity
Rome split into two halves (West and East) due to the inability to govern all of the territory because of it being too vast
Visigoths sack Rome
