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May 18, 2024 · A period of unrest and civil wars in the 1st century bce marked the transition of Rome from a republic to an empire. This period encompassed the career of Julius Caesar , who eventually took full power over Rome as its dictator.
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2 days ago · Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus (c. 27 –29 AD) to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles (c. 100) and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age.
1 day ago · According to tradition, Rome became a republic in 509 BC. However, it took a few centuries for Rome to become the great city of popular imagination. By the 3rd century BC, Rome had become the pre-eminent city of the Italian peninsula.
4 days ago · 1. Roman Concrete (Opus Caementicium) – 3rd Century BC. The Romans were the first civilization to use concrete extensively in construction. They developed a unique recipe called Opus Caementicium that combined lime mortar, volcanic ash, pumice and brick or rock aggregate.
1 day ago · The history of Europe is traditionally divided into four time periods: prehistoric Europe (prior to about 800 BC), classical antiquity (800 BC to AD 500), the Middle Ages (AD 500–1500), and the modern era (since AD 1500). The first early European modern humans appear in the fossil record about 48,000 years ago, during the Paleolithic era.
May 13, 2024 · Roman Britain, area of the island of Great Britain that was under Roman rule from the conquest of Claudius in 43 ce to the withdrawal of imperial authority by Honorius in 410 ce. Roman Gaul. The Roman conquest of northern Gaul (58–50 bce) brought Britain into definite contact with the Mediterranean.
May 18, 2024 · Christianity, major religion stemming from the life, teachings, and death of Jesus of Nazareth (the Christ, or the Anointed One of God) in the 1st century ce. It has become the largest of the world’s religions and, geographically, the most widely diffused of all faiths. It has a constituency of more than two billion believers.
