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Add BCE temporal tags to all documents; add temporal-dating steering doc

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## Key Facts
- Location: Central Italy, on the Tiber River
- Traditional founding: 753 BCE (Romulus and Remus legend)
- Traditional founding: 753 BCE (Romulus and Remus legend) @t[=753 BCE]
- Peak population: ~1 million by the 2nd century CE
- Key hills: Palatine, Capitoline, Aventine, and four others ("Seven Hills")
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- Aqueducts: 11 aqueducts supplied ~1 million cubic meters of water daily
## Historical Significance
- Capital of a republic (509–27 BCE) and empire (27 BCE–476 CE)
- Capital of a republic (509–27 BCE) and empire (27 BCE–476 CE) @t[509 BCE..27 BCE]
- Center of Roman law, engineering, and administration
- Sacked by Visigoths (410 CE) and Vandals (455 CE) @t[=410]
- Fall of the Western Empire: 476 CE @t[=476] [^2]