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  103-105AD **The Roman provinces of Moesia Superior and Dacia were connected by a bridge over the Danube for Emperor Trajan
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 * 15 BC ****- **The Romans had begun to extend their empire to include Dacia which was re-named as Romania
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 * 395 to 1453 -** The Byzantine Empire was called the Roman Empire or, in later centuries, Romania. Romania was made up of a number of small states, including Transylvania, Wallachia & Moldavia, each with an independent ruler


 * 1463 -** Vlad the Impaler becomes Prince of Wallachia


 * 1443 -** Vlad the Impaler is taken hostage by the Turks


 * 1451 -** Vlad the Impaler flees to Transylvania


 * 1476 -** Vlad the Impaler is assassinated. In 1897 "Dracula" by Bram Stoker is published in England


 * 1859 -** The modern Romania was born when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia merged


 * 1895 -** Oct 1, Romanians in Constantinople were massacred


 * 1914 -** Outbreak of WWI Romania fights on Allied side


 * 1916 -** Aug 28, Germany declared war on Romania


 * 1916 -** Sep 1, Bulgaria declared war on Romania


 * 1938 -** King Carol II establishes dictatorship


 * 1938 -** 1940 Germany raise treaties in Munich and Vienna in which Southern Slovakia and Northern Transylvania were returned to Hungary


 * 1939 -** World War II starts


 * 1940 -** Soviet Union delivered an ultimatum to Romania and 2 days later occupied Bessarabia and North Bukovina


 * 1941 -** Romania fights on German side against Soviet Union


 * 1945 -** The Allies of World War II defeat Germany


 * 1947 -** Romania regains Transylvania. Romanian People's Republic proclaimed.


 * 1955 -** Romania joins Warsaw Pact


 * 1965 -** Nicolae Ceausescu becomes Romanian Communist Party leader


 * 1989 -** The reign of Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu was ended with an uprising.


 * 2004 - **Romania admitted to NATO. Traian Basescu elected president. His ally, Calin Tariceanu becomes prime minister.

 
 * 2007 **- Romania joins the European Union.
 * **Romania has been a worn-torn type of country throughout its history. **
 * **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Due to its location, they have been invaded by many neighboring countries. **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">The reform from Communism has been slow in coming. **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">There has been a lot of corruption in politics over the years. **
 * **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 120%;"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Now, Romania is rapidly integrating with western Europe and becoming a popular spot for travelers. **


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