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Date 509 BCE - 27

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Roman expansion in Italy from 298 to 201 bce
Roman Republic
Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinctius
ancient Italic peoples
The western Mediterranean during the Punic Wars
Cesare Maccari: Cicero Denounces Catiline
How Hannibal's conquests led to the fall of Carthage
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Major Events

Parthian empire
Battle of Carrhae
Spartacus
Third Servile War

Related Places

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

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
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Roman senator [died circa 77 BCE]
Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Roman statesman [died 152 BCE]