B.C.
=Foundation of Rome= April 21, 753
=Rome ruled by kings= 753-510
=Republican period--consuls= 510-27
=Dictatorship instituted= 501
=Decemvirs governed= 540
=Gauls take Rome= 398
=Consuls re-established= 366
=Rome governs the whole of Italy= 266
=Carthage destroyed= 146
=First Triumvirate= 60
=Cæsar assassinated= 44
=The Empire ruled from Rome= 27 B.C.-306 A.D.
=Empire divided= 337
=Fall of Western Empire= 476
=Rome the capital of United Italy= 1870