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This year is later selected by Roman scholars as the date of the founding of Rome, becoming the first year (AUC 1) in Roman chronology
The Roman senate becomes an executive body with two of its members elected annually as consuls, or joint heads of state
The Romans capture the nearby Etruscan town of Veii, beginning a long process of territorial expansion
Indulging in a moment of romantic tourism, Alexander visits Troy at the start of his Persian campaign
The first Roman road, the Via Appia, links Rome with Capua
The flexibility of the Roman legion transforms the Greek phalanx into an even more effective fighting machine
The Indian epic of romance and adventure, the Ramayana, is probably the work of a single author at about this time
The Roman siege technique is improved by the 'tortoise' which protects the attacking force
Pyrrhus lands in Italy, with 25,000 men and 20 elephants, to fight for the Greek colony of Tarentum against the Romans
A Carthaginian quinquereme, captured by the Romans, is used as the model for the first Roman fleet - constructed in two months
The new Roman fleet wins a decisive victory over the Carthaginians at Mylae, thanks largely to the 'raven' (corvus in Latin)
The Romans evolve a system of numerals which, until the end of the Middle Ages, is a handicap to western arithmetic
A Roman naval victory at Trapani, off the northwest tip of Sicily, completes the blockade of the Carthaginians and ends the First Punic War
Sardinia and Corsica are annexed by Rome, becoming the second Roman overseas province
Hannibal surprises and traps a Roman army on a narrow plain beside Lake Trasimene
Hannibal destroys a Roman army at Cannae, in the most severe defeat ever suffered by Rome
Hannibal suffers his first decisive defeat by a Roman army, at an unidentified site in north Africa called Zama
The Romans, after defeating Macedon, announce at the Isthmian Games that all Greek states are now free under Roman protection
Plautus and Terence, in the second and third century BC, create a Roman drama based on Greek originals
Hannibal, to avoid falling into Roman hands, commits suicide in the Bithynian town of Libyssa
The Roman statesman Cato the Elder writes Origines ('Origins'), a history of Rome which survives only in fragments
Carthage is destroyed by the Romans at the end of the Third Punic War
A secret ballot is instituted for Roman citizens, who mark their vote on a tablet and place it in an urn
The tribune Tiberius Gracchus is murdered by a mob which includes Roman senators
The Romans establish a province in the south of France, still acknowledged in the name Provence
