Writing Tutor RequirementsCheck your work!Word Count: 150Vocabulary: empire, successor“The Rise and Fall of Rome”Social StudiesAcellus•753 BC - Romulus founded the city of Rome and became its first king.•45 BC - Julius Caesar became the first dictator of Rome.•27 BC - Rome became an empire, ruled by the first emperor, Caesar Augustus.•80 AD - The Colosseum was completed, becoming one of the greatest examples of Roman architecture.•395 AD - The Roman Empire was split into two separate empires by Emperor Diocletian.•410 AD - The city of Rome was conquered by barbarians.•476 AD - The Western Empire finally fell, plunging Europe into the Dark Ages.