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Date 509 BCE - 27

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Map of the Italian peninsula showing Roman expansion from 298 to 201 BC, with color-coded regions indicating Roman and Latin territories, allies, and acquisitions during different periods, as well as the Kingdom of Syracuse and its allies. Key cities and regions such as Rome, Capua, and Sicily are labeled, and territorial changes from the Samnite and Punic Wars are highlighted.
Oil painting by Ferdinand Bol showing Consul Titus Manlius Torquatus seated and gesturing as soldiers carry out the beheading of his son before a crowd in a classical architectural setting.
Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinctius
Thematic map of ancient Italy around 500 BC, showing the geographic distribution of different peoples. Color-coded regions indicate areas inhabited by Ligurians, Etruscans, Veneti and Apuli, Italics, Celts, Raetians, Carthaginians, and Greeks, with major settlements and surrounding seas labeled.
Historical map of the western Mediterranean region during the Punic Wars, showing Carthaginian territory in orange and Roman territory in green around 270 BCE. Hannibal's route from Spain, across the Alps, and into Italy between 219 and 202 BCE is marked with a red line. Key battle sites with years are labeled throughout Spain, Italy, Sicily, and North Africa.
Painting by Cesare Maccari showing Cicero standing and addressing the Roman Senate, with senators in white togas seated in semicircular rows and Catiline isolated in the foreground.
How Hannibal's conquests led to the fall of Carthage
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Map showing the Parthian Empire at its greatest extent in the 1st century BCE, shaded in green and covering much of present-day Iran, Iraq, and surrounding regions. Major ancient cities, trade routes, rivers, and neighboring territories such as Mesopotamia, Media, Persis, Sogdiana, and Armenia are labeled. The map also shows nearby bodies of water including the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Arabian Sea.
Battle of Carrhae
Spartacus
Third Servile War

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Baiae
historic site, Italy
Italy
Italy
country, Europe
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ancient Rome
ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia

Key People

Flamininus, portrait on a Greek gold coin struck after 196 bc; in the British Museum.
Titus Quinctius Flamininus
Roman general and statesman
Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Roman statesman [died 13/12 bce]
Livia Drusilla, marble bust; in the Vatican Museum
Livia Drusilla
Roman patrician
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Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Roman senator [died circa 77 BCE]
Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Roman statesman [died 152 BCE]