After winning the 31 BC Battle of Actium, Octavian invaded Egypt in 30 BC and defeated Antony who committed suicide along with Cleopatra VII the last Queen of Egypt.

Phoenician, Greek, Celtic and Carthaginian cities and communities of Spain came under Roman control around 200 BCE named Hispania, based on Phoenician name 

Phoenician colony/ capital of Punic empire which dominated large parts of the Southwest Mediterranean during the first millennium BC. Fought wars with Rome over control of western Mediterranean.

The Eternal City. Mythology dates Rome to 753 BC,  one of the oldest cities in Europe.The early population were Latins, Etruscans, and Sabines.the city was capital of the Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, and  Roman Empire

6 CE Judea comes under Roman rule, the Herodian dynasty through Agrippa II were Roman client kings until 96 CE. Roman rule was challenged(First Jewish War), which ended in Roman victory. The Second Temple, destroyed in 70 CE, along with the city, and much of the population was enslaved and taken by the Romans. This is also the birthplace of Christianity during the period.

Ancient Byzantium became capital of the Roman Empire , renamed for Emperor Constantine the Great in 330. For most of the Middle Ages Constantinople was the largest,wealthiest city in Europe.The Hagia Sophia and Hippodrome are located here.

Rome first invaded Germania. In 9 AD during the reign of Augustus, three legions led by Varus were defeated by Arminius. Germany was never conquered and the Rhine became Romes border.

Modern day France and Belgium, added to the Roman Republic as provinces when Julius Caesar defeated Celtic tribes in the Gallic Wars of 58-51 BC

The Greeks fell under Roman rule in 146 BC, with the Battle of Corinth, Macedonia became a Roman province.

The Romans interest in expansion in Sicily , part of which lay under Carthaginian control, was the main cause of conflict leading to the Punic Wars

Begun during the Gallic Wars of Julius Caesar, the conquest of Britain continued under Gnaeus Julius Agricola (77–84), who expanded the Roman Empire to the borders of Scotland.

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