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Kingdom Era
 * 753 BCE: Founding of Rome.
 * 509 BCE: Tarquinius, last king of Rome, is overthrown. The Republic begins.

Republican Era
 * 387 BCE: Rome sacked by the Gauls after the disastrous battle of the Allia.
 * 343 - 290 BCE: Rome conquers most of the Italian peninsula during the First, Second, and Third Samnite Wars.
 * 264 - 261 BCE: The First Punic War.
 * 208 - 201 BCE: Rome defeats Carthage and repulses Hannibal in the Second Punic War.
 * 149 - 146 BCE: Third Punic War. Rome destroys Carthage.
 * 148 BCE: Macedonia and Greece are conquered.
 * 91 - 88 BCE: Roman allies revolt in the "Social War."
 * 88 - 82 BCE: Roman civil war ensues after General Sulla seizes power from the Senate.
 * 58 - 51 BCE: Julius Caesar subdues Gaul (France).
 * 54 BCE: Caesar invades Britannia (Britain).
 * 49 - 31 BCE: The Civil Wars rage between Caesar and the Optimates, a senatorial faction supported by Pompey. Caesar's nephew Octavian continues the wars until 31 BCE.
 * 44 BCE: Julius Caesar is assassinated. Octavian and Marcus Antonius hunt the assassins.
 * 31 BCE: Octavian defeats Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius at Actium. Egypt becomes a Roman province.
 * 27 BCE: Octavian receives the title Augustus, ending the Republic.
 * 25 BCE: Spain is subjugated.
 * 23 BCE: The Empire begins as Octavian gains control of the state for life.
 * 20 BCE: Great Temple in Jerusalem reconstructed.
 * 16 - 9 BCE: Campaigns against Germanic and Celtic tribes in Noricum, Pannonia, and Germania.
 * 9 BCE: Ara Pacis Augustae completed.
 * 5 BCE: Birth of Christ.

Imperial Era
 * 9 CE: Battle of Teutoburg Forest, loss of 3 legions.
 * 14 CE: Augustus Caesar dies. His adopted son Tiberius becomes Emperor.
 * 23 CE: Rome seized by a climate of fear after the heir presumptive, Germanicus, is put to death by Emperor Tiberius.
 * 26 CE: Sejanus gains imperial authority as Tiberius retreats to private life, effectively retiring as emperor in all but name.
 * 37 CE: Tiberius dies. Caligula becomes emperor of Rome.
 * An era of violence and suspicion grips Rome. Estates are seized and great families exiled or executed. Prominent men level accusations to deflect imperial interest from themselves.
 * 39-40 CE: Caligula stages mock campaigns in Germania and Britain. Jews revolt in Judaea when Caligula's statue is erected in the Temple.
 * 41 CE: Caligula is deposed and assassinated. Claudius reigns as emperor.
 * 43 CE: Present time.
 * Emperor Claudius announces plans to invade and conquer Britannia.