This document outlines important events and periods in early Roman history, beginning with the founding of Rome in 753 BC as a kingdom that later became a republic in 509 BC and then an empire under Caesar Augustus in 27 BC. It mentions Julius Caesar's death in 44 BC and the establishment of the Second Triumvirate between Octavian, Lepidus, and Mark Antony, culminating in the Battle of Actium in 31 BC where Octavian defeated Antony and Cleopatra. The document also references Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid, which tells the story of Aeneas's journey from Troy to Italy and the founding of Rome.
10. Aeneid I.1-7 Arma virum que cano, Trojae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit litora multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum, saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram, multa quoque et bello passus dum conderet urbem inferretque deos Latio - genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae .
