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21H.132 THE ANCIENT WORLD:

ROME

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Will Broadhead Grace Kim

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753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

509 BC – Birth of Republic

REPUBLIC

27 BC - Augustus

EMPIRE

AD 476 – Deposition of Romulus Augustulus 2

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753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

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Rome’s Early Kings

• 753-716 • 716-673 • 673-641 • 641-617 • 617-578 • 578-535 • 535-510

Romulus Numa Pompilius Tullus Hostilius Ancus Marcius Tarquinius Priscus Servius Tullius Tarquinius Superbus

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753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

509 BC – Birth of Republic

REPUBLIC

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‘Brutus’ 6

753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

509 BC – Birth of Republic

REPUBLIC

27 BC - Augustus

EMPIRE

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509 BC - Foundation of the Republic

EARLY REPUBLIC

264 BC – Start of First Punic War

MIDDLE REPUBLIC

133 BC – Tribunate of Tiberius Gracchus

LATE REPUBLIC

27 BC - Augustus 8

753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

509 BC – Birth of Republic

REPUBLIC

27 BC - Augustus

EMPIRE

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Augustus of Prima Porta 9

753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

509 BC – Birth of Republic

REPUBLIC

27 BC - Augustus

EMPIRE

AD 284 – Reforms of Diocletian

LATE EMPIRE

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Portrait bust of Diocletian Istanbul Arch. Mus.

The Tetrarchs in Porphyry Piazza San Marco, Venice 11

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753 BC (April 21) - Foundation of Rome

REGAL PERIOD

509 BC – Birth of Republic

REPUBLIC

27 BC - Augustus

EMPIRE

AD 284 – Reforms of Diocletian

LATE EMPIRE AD 476 – Deposition of Romulus Augustulus

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