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6 days ago · Notable Romans who held the consulship include Cicero (63 BC), Pompey the Great (70, 55, 52 BC), and Julius Caesar (59, 48, 46, 45, 44 BC). The consulship represented the pinnacle of the cursus honorum – the sequential order of offices of the Roman political career.
1 day ago · The Roman Republic ( Latin: Res publica Romana [ˈreːs ˈpuːblɪka roːˈmaːna]) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of the Roman Kingdom (traditionally dated to 509 BC) and ending in 27 BC with the establishment of the Roman Empire following the War of Actium. During this period, Rome's control expanded ...
May 14, 2024 · After service as a Roman praetor (one of the chief magistrates) in 97 bce, Sulla fought in the Social War (90–89 bce), the struggle of Rome’s Italian allies to obtain Roman citizenship. He became one of the two consuls—the highest office in the republic—in 88 and was placed in command of the war against King Mithradates VI of Pontus in ...
May 24, 2024 · ancient Rome, the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 bc, through the events leading to the founding of the republic in 509 bc, the establishment of the empire in 27 bc, and the final eclipse of the Empire of the West in the 5th century ad.
May 25, 2024 · Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a military leader and politician who emerged as the victor in the Roman civil wars of the 80s BC. He is remembered as a ruthless and cunning general, as well as a ruthless dictator who purged his political enemies and established a new constitution that concentrated power in the hands of the Senate.
2 days ago · The Roman Empire [a] was the post- Republican state of ancient Rome. It is generally understood to mean the period and territory ruled by the Romans following Octavian 's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC. It included territories in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia and was ruled by emperors.
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May 22, 2024 · The Twelve Tables. During a period of social unrest, when some Romans felt that legal decisions were being arbitrarily decided, a push was made to write down the law in order to better anticipate how decisions would be made. Thus a committee of ten men called the decemvirs was established in 451 BCE to write down the law for the first time.
