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Caesar's Tenth Legion - Legio X Equestris - was the backbone to his military successes. From the start of his Gallic Campaigns to Caesar's last battle at Munda, the Tenth remained steadfastly loyal to their commander and became renowned as Rome's most formidable force

Within 3 years of Pyrrhus' departure from southern Italy, Tarentum had fallen and Rome became the dominant power in southern Italy, paving its way for future incursions to the east.

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In 443, Attila the Hun killed, ransacked and pillaged his way to the city of Constantinople, earning himself the nickname “Flagellum Dei” or “scourge of God”.

He became one of the most feared enemies the Romans ever faced.

In 31 BC Octavian defeated Marc Anthony and Cleopatra at Actium. The defeat resulted in the suicides of both Marc Anthony and Cleopatra and marked the end of the Roman Republic.

Caesar's Tenth Legion, Legio X Equestris, was the backbone to his military successes. From the start of his Gallic Campaigns to Caesar's last battle at Munda, the Tenth remained steadfastly loyal to their commander and became renowned as Rome's most formidable force

Big day in Roman imperial history:

41: Claudius is declared emperor by the Praetorian Guard following the assassination of Caligula, his nephew.

76: One of Rome's greatest Roman emperors is born: Publius Aelius Hadrianus, better known as Hadrian

At its height in 117 AD, the Roman Empire covered 40 modern nations and 5 million square km. Sea crossings aside, you could walk from northern Britain to the Persian Gulf and have never left the Roman Empire - some 3,500 miles

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At its height in 117 AD, the Roman Empire covered 40 modern nations and 5 million square km. Sea crossings aside, you could walk from northern Britain to the Persian Gulf and have never left the Roman Empire - some 3,500 miles.

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At its height in 117 AD, the Roman Empire covered 40 modern nations and 5 million square km. Sea crossings aside, you could walk from northern Britain to the Persian Gulf and have never left the Roman Empire - some 3,500 miles

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In 59 AD, the Emperor Nero was determined to have his mother murdered. Suetonius claims Nero tried to poison her three times, then tried to have the ceiling fall in on her, then had men crash into his mother's boat and sink it. Eventually Nero had his mother assassinated