753 BC
The Founding of Rome
Legend holds that Rome was founded by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, suckled by a she-wolf on the banks of the Tiber.
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Roman History
From the mythic founding to the height of empire.
264 – 146 BC
The Punic Wars
Three brutal conflicts between Rome and Carthage that ultimately made Rome master of the western Mediterranean.
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100 – 44 BC
Julius Caesar and the Fall of the Republic
A brilliant general and populist politician whose assassination on the Ides of March marked the end of the Republic.
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27 BC – 180 AD
The Pax Romana
Two centuries of relative peace and prosperity across the Roman Empire under the early emperors.
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