ANCIENT ROME

THE HISTORY OF ROME

• 753 BC the city of Rome was founded.
• The god of war Romulus and Remus founded the city.
• Romulus became ruler of Rome.
• Rome was ruled by Romulus for the next 240 years.

HOW ROME BECOMES AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY

• 509 BC - Rome becomes a republic.
• The last king that was overthrown
• Was called a senator.

ROMES DICTATORS

• 45 BC Julius Caesar becomes
• The first dictator of Rome.
• By 44 BC Julius Caesar was
• Killed by Marcus Brutus

THE ROMAN EMPIRE BEGINS

• 27 BC begins Caesar Augustus
• becomes first Roman Empire.

BUILDING ROME

• 80 AD - The Colosseum is built.
• This building can seat 50,000
• people.

THE HADRIAN WALL BUILT

• This wall was designed to keep
• out barbarians.
• The long wall is built across northern
• England.

CONTANTINES RAIN

• By 306 AD Constantine becomes
• emperor.
• Constantine wanted to make Rome
• a Christian Empire.

DECALRING CHRISTIANITY A RELIOGION

• In 380 AD Theodosius I
• declares Christianity a sole
• Religion.

BECOMING TWO EMPIRES

• 395 AD - Rome splits into two empires.

ROMES FIRST ENEMY

• 410 AD - The Visigoths sack Rome.
• First time Rome has encountered
• An enemy.

END OF ROMES WESTERN EMPIRE

• 476 AD -was the end of the
• western Rome empire
• And the fall of Ancient Rome.

BYZANTINE EMPIRE

• 1463 AD the Byzantine empire
• Becomes the Ottoman Empire.