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Jul 30, 2021 · The history of Rome is long and complex: a village grew into the Eternal City that’s still a wonder today; a monarchy became a republic and then an empire; Italy was conquered before Europe, parts of Africa and the Near and Middle East were incorporated into an empire that had around a quarter of the world’s population under its governance.
- Colin Ricketts
Sep 9, 2024 · What was the Roman Empire? When did the Roman Empire begin and end? Who was the first emperor of the Roman Empire? How did the Roman Empire expand its territory? What was daily life like for people living in the Roman Empire? What were some of the major achievements and innovations of the Roman Empire?
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Origins of Rome. 8 Incredible Roman Technologies. As legend has it, Rome was founded in 753 B.C. by Romulus and Remus, twin sons of Mars, the god of war. Left to drown in a basket on the Tiber by a king of nearby Alba Longa and rescued by a she-wolf, the twins lived to defeat that king and found their own city on the river’s banks in 753 B.C.
- The Early Republic. The power of the monarch passed to two annually elected magistrates called consuls. They also served as commanders in chief of the army.
- Military Expansion. During the early republic, the Roman state grew exponentially in both size and power. Though the Gauls sacked and burned Rome in 390 B.C., the Romans rebounded under the leadership of the military hero Camillus, eventually gaining control of the entire Italian peninsula by 264 B.C.
- Internal Struggles in the Late Republic. Rome’s complex political institutions began to crumble under the weight of the growing empire, ushering in an era of internal turmoil and violence.
The history of the Roman Empire covers the history of ancient Rome from the traditional end of the Roman Republic in 27 BC until the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in AD 476 in the West, and the Fall of Constantinople in the East in 1453.
Mar 22, 2018 · The Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. Building upon the foundation laid by the Roman Republic, the empire became the largest and most powerful political and military entity in the world up to its time and expanded steadily until its fall, in the west, in 476.
- Joshua J. Mark
Oct 21, 2020 · Your guide to the Roman empire: when it was formed, why it split and how it failed, plus its most colourful emperors. After almost half a millennia of the Roman republic came five centuries of empire – and some of the most famous and colourful rulers in history.
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Dec 18, 2023 · The Roman Empire was not only a dominant force in its time, but it also left behind a lasting imprint on the world that has stood the test of time. Let's take a closer look at some of the ways in which Rome's legacy lives on today.
