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27 BCE – 476 CE
Roman Empire
A vast empire whose law, engineering, and language still shape the world.
Timeline
509 BCE
Founding of the Republic
Rome casts off its kings and becomes a republic.
27 BCE
Augustus, first emperor
Octavian becomes Augustus, beginning the Pax Romana.
80 CE
Colosseum completed
The Flavian Amphitheatre opens for games before tens of thousands.
476 CE
Fall of the West
The last western Roman emperor is deposed.