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// The Roman Empire #bc #e <t>founding<d>753 Apr 21<n>Rome founded<c>Rome #e <t>decree<n>Rome becomes a republic<d>509<c>Rome<info>King Tarquin is deposed #e <t>battle<n>Romans take Corinth<d>146<c>Corinth<vic>Rome #e <t>battle<n>Athens falls to Romans<d>86<c>Athens<vic>Rome #e <t>battle<n>General Pompey marches into Jerusalem<d>63<c>Jerusalem<vic>Rome #e <t>battle<n>Actium<c>Nicopolis<d>31 Sep 2<vic>Rome<info>This is the first large naval battle. Emporer Octavian defeats Marc Antony & Cleopatra. #p <nat>Roman<o>emperor<n>Julius Caesar<c>Rome<mov>48 Oct<c>Egypt<mov>47 Jun<c>Rome<d>44 Mar 15<info>Caesar was killed on the Ides (15th) of March. #p <nat>Roman<o>general<n>Mark Antony<b>83(1)<d>30<c>Rome #p <nat>Roman<o>emperor<n>Caesar Augustus<aka>Octavian<b>63<d>A.D. 14<ac>27<c>Rome #p <nat>Roman<o>poet<n>Ovid<b>43<d>A.D. 17(1)<c>Rome<info>Ovid was banished to the Black Sea for unknown reasons in A.D. 8. #p <nat>Roman<o>philosopher<n>Seneca<b>8<d>A.D. 65<c>Rome #p <nat>Roman<o>writer<n>Marcus Tullius Cicero<b>106<d>43<c>Rome #p <nat>Roman<o>poet<n>Titus Lucretius<b>99<d>55<c>Rome #p <nat>Roman<o>poet<n>Vergil<aka>Virgil<b>70<d>19<c>Rome #ad #e <t>earthquake<n>earthquake<d>62<c>Napoli #e <t>volcano<n>Pompeii destroyed<d>79 Aug 24<c>Napoli #p <nat>Roman<o>ruler<n>Pontius Pilate<c>Judea<app>26<depo>36<mov>36<c>Rome<d>50(15) #p <nat>Roman<o>historian<n>Pliny<aka>Pliny the Elder<b>23<d>79 Aug 24<c>Rome #p <nat>Roman<o>poet<n>Juvenal<b>47<d>138<c>Rome #p <nat>Roman<o>writer<n>Pliny the Younger<sur>Pliny the Younger<fa>Pliny<b>61<d>109(4)<c>Rome #p <nat>Roman<o>emperor<n>Marcus Aurelius<b>121<ac>161<d>180<c>Rome #p <nat>Roman<o>emperor<n>Aurelian<ac>270<d>275 #p <nat>Roman<o>emperor<n>Constantine<b>281(1)<ac>306(1)<d>337 #p <nat>Roman<o>emperor<n>Diocletian<ac>284<d>305 #e <t><d>312 Oct 26<n>Constantine's vision<c>Rome<info>Constantine claimed to have a vision (doubted by his chroniclers) on this day in A.D. 312. He saw a flaming cross blazing above the sun. The cross was inscribed with the Greek words, "en toutoi nika," meaning "in this sign conquer." The following day he fought a victorious battle against his rival, Maxentius, north of Rome.