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The 710s decade ran from January 1, ... Roderick becomes king of the Visigoths, ... April 9 – Pope Constantine I dies at Rome after a 7-year reign.
Start of the reign of the second King of Rome — Numa Pompilius. c. 715 BC—Conquest of Messenia by Sparta ends. 713 BC—Numa Pompilius, King of Rome, reforms the Roman calendar, introducing January and February and adding 5 days to the calendar. 713 BC—Olmecs establish Monte Albán, the sacred city, and continue building pyramids.
Rome is founded in 753 BC, and the Etruscan civilization expands in Italy. The 8th century BC is conventionally taken as the beginning of Classical Antiquity , with the first Olympiad set at 776 BC, and the epics of Homer dated to between 750 and 650 BC.
The king of Rome (Latin: rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom, a legendary period of Roman history that functioned as an elective monarchy. [1] According to legend, the first king of Rome was Romulus, who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine Hill. Seven legendary kings are said to have ruled Rome until 509 BC, when the last ...
Carthage. Carthage (complete list) –; Dido, Queen (814–c.760 BC); Kush and Egypt's Third Intermediate Period. Twenty-second Dynasty of the Third Intermediate Period (complete list) –
As the king was the sole owner of imperium in Rome at the time, he possessed ultimate executive power and unchecked military authority as the commander-in-chief of all of the Roman legions. Also, the laws that kept citizens safe from magistrates' misuse of imperium did not exist during the monarchical period.
As if having royalty in your bloodline was not impressive enough, imagine having roots stemming from the first king of Rome. On the Season 11 episode of "Finding Your Roots" that aired on Jan. 28 ...
Coin of Pescennius Niger, a Roman usurper who claimed imperial power AD 193–194. Legend: IMP CAES C PESC NIGER IVST AVG. While the imperial government of the Roman Empire was rarely called into question during its five centuries in the west and fifteen centuries in the east, individual emperors often faced unending challenges in the form of usurpation and perpetual civil wars. [30]