Test 1 Important Dates Flashcards
1
Q
Conventional date for Romulus’s foundations of Rome
A
753 BC
2
Q
Conventional date for the expulsion of Tarquin the Proud and the start of the Roman Republic
A
509 BC
3
Q
Hannibul the Carthaginian evades Italy in the Second Punic War
A
218 BC
4
Q
Tiberius Gracchus, a popular leader, is killed by Roman senators and their followers
A
133 BC
5
Q
Julius Caesar is assissinated by senators
A
44 BC
6
Q
Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra at the battle of Actium leading to the end of the Republic and the start of the Roman Empire
A
31 BC
7
Q
Constantine founds Constantinople as the new capital of the Roman Empire
A
330 AD
8
Q
Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans
A
1453 AD
