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1 day ago · The Barbarian Successor Kingdoms of the Western Roman Empire. Founded in 27 BC, the Roman Empire was one of the most powerful institutions in the world, reigning supreme over the entire Mediterranean world from modern-day Portugal to Syria from west to east and England and Egypt from North to South. Despite this, the empire did not last forever ...
3 days ago · The Roman Empire was an international political system in which Italy was only a part, though an important part. When the empire fell, a series of barbarian kingdoms initially ruled the peninsula, but, after the Lombard invasion of 568–569, a network of smaller political entities arose throughout Italy.
2 days ago · Italy was the birthplace and centre of the ancient Roman civilisation. [3][4] Rome was founded as a kingdom in 753 BC and became a republic in 509 BC. The Roman Republic then unified Italy forming a confederation of the Italic peoples and rose to dominate Western Europe, Northern Africa, and the Near East.
4 days ago · Map of the Eastern Roman Empire in AD 717. Over the course of the seventh and eighth centuries, Islamic expansion had ended Roman rule in Africa and though some bastions of Roman rule remained, most of Italy was controlled by the Lombards.
4 days ago · Lake Nemi, which is located in the Alban Hills southeast of Rome, is a small volcanic lake with deep roots in Roman mythology and history. It’s known for its serene beauty and historical significance, and offers visitors a peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle of nearby Rome, which is about 25 kilometers away.
3 days ago · Belisarius was instrumental in the reconquest of much of the Mediterranean territory belonging to the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century prior. Belisarius is considered one of the greatest military commanders in history and the greatest of all Byzantine generals.
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5 days ago · The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire, and it survived over a thousand years after the western half dissolved. A series of regional traumas—including pestilence, warfare, social upheaval, and the Arab Muslim assault of the 630s—marked its cultural and institutional transformation from the Eastern Roman Empire to the ...
