The Histronauts: A Roman Adventure

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bc ad Planet Earth is over four billion years old Historians divide these years into two time periods which they call BC or AD The bc dates come first and count down to 1 bc then the ad dates start and count up from ad 1 to today The current year is an ad year These dates help historians know when things happened Timeline 753 bc Romulus builds the city of Rome kings It is a kingdom and the leaders are 45 bc Julius Caesar takes over Rome from the senators and ends the republic ad 117 The Roman Empire is at its peak ad 476 The Roman Empire ends 509 bc Rome becomes a republic The leaders are now elected politicians called senators 27 bc The Roman Empire is now very large The new leader is an emperor ad 395 Rome splits into Eastern and Western Empires