21H.331

JULIUS CAESAR and the

FALL OF THE ROMAN REPUBLIC

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753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

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753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

509 BC – Birth of Republic

REPUBLIC

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753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

509 BC – Birth of Republic

REPUBLIC

EMPIRE

27 BC - Augustus

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753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

509 BC – Birth of Republic

REPUBLIC

EMPIRE

27 BC - Augustus

AD 476 – Deposition of Romulus Augustulus 5

509 BC - Foundation of the Republic

EARLY REPUBLIC

264 BC – Start of First Punic War

MIDDLE REPUBLIC

LATE REPUBLIC

133 BC – Tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus

27 BC - Augustus 6

133 – Tiberius Gracchus

123-122 – Gaius Gracchus

LATE REPUBLIC

91-89 – The Social War

44 – Assassination of Caesar

27 - Augustus

88-82 – Civil War: Marius vs Sulla

81 – Dictatorship of Sulla

49-46 – Civil War: Pompey vs Caesar

32-30 – Civil War: Antony vs Octavian

43-36 – Civil War: Everyone vs Everyone

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Latin colonies

Citizen colonies

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