Crossword Puzzle Roman NumeralsOnline version Practice your Roman Numerals with these important dates in Roman History by Liz Gephardt 1 1184 B.C.E. The year of the fall of Troy and Aeneas' voyage to Italy 2 476 C.E. The fall of the Roman Empire 3 The year of the founding of Rome by Romulus 753 B.C.E. 4 27 A.D. The beginning of Augustus’s reign as emperor 5 The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. 6 80 C.E. The year that the Colosseum was built 7 44 B.C.E. The assassination of Julius Caesar 8 The first year of the Roman Republic 509 B.C.E. 2 4 3 8 1 6 7