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Roman History (753 B.C. - A.D. 476) Rome, the City of the Seven Hills. Halfway down the Italian peninsula, on the west coast, is a small river called the Tiber. The coastal plain south of the river was known as Latium in ancient times, after the people who lived there the Latins. These people were shepherds and farmers.
- From Conquest to Peace
- The Founding of A Dynasty
- The Crisis of The Third Century and The Tetrarchy
- Principate Becomes Dominate
- A Slow Decline, Not A Quick Death
- Roman Empire Timline: Key Dates from Augustus to Romulus Augustulus
The world ‘empire’ is suggestive of expansion and acquisition, of a land-grab that brought with it an increased population and the growth of the economy. However, there was relatively little expansion of Rome’s physical boundaries during the empire. “The empire was largely in place by the time of Augustus,” says Matyszak. “The huge conquests of Gau...
On his death in AD 14, Augustus was succeeded by his stepson Tiberius, who lacked the vision of his father. The remaining emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty were also pale shadows of the first emperor when it came to civic duty. Tiberius’s great-nephew Caligula succeeded him, but his four-year reign is remembered for his infamous predilection f...
The history of the Roman empire is an undulating one, with extended periods of stability counterbalanced by times of great chaos and disorder, often featuring emperors being assassinated before their allotted time. 1. The Praetorian Guard: the Roman emperors’ fatal servants After the Nerva-Antonine dynasty came to a close with the demise of Marcus ...
Diocletian’s rule is significant in another way. His radicalism saw the term dominus(master) added to the emperor’s title. This was a major shift in how the emperor viewed himself, a clear stepping-away from the idea of the Principate. The remaining life of the Roman empire was now defined as the Dominate. “In the first half of the empire, the empe...
Despite the AD 476 date, there was no great fall of empire, no sudden, cataclysmic event that marked an absolute end-point. “If you were to tell somebody in AD 476 that the Roman empire had just fallen, they would have looked at you as if you were mad,” says Matyszak. “People were still going to the voting booth to choose the public officials for t...
27 BC | Augustus, the great-nephew and heir of Julius Caesar, takes power, becoming Rome’s first emperor and ending the Roman Republic– which had existed for nearly five centuries. AD 43 |The conquest of Britain begins. The province of Britannia would be part of the Empire for 367 years, but it took 30 years for the island to come under Roman rule ...
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Oct 14, 2021 · 753 BC – 716 BC: Founder-king Romulus’ reign sees the establishment of some of the first social, political, religious and legal structures that would define Rome for many, many years. Romulus abducts many women of marriage age from the Sabines.
Oct 8, 2018 · The line of the (probably mythical) Roman kings. Rome as Kingdom, 753 BC – 509 BC — From its founding, traditionally placed in 753 BC, Rome was a kingdom. It’s first king (Latin rex) and mythical founder, Romulus, was supposedly succeeded by six other monarchs. Roman kings ruled like any other ruler of that moniker, combining ultimate ...
The empire in the 2nd century. The century and three-quarters after Augustus’ death brought no fundamental changes to the principate, although so long a lapse of time naturally introduced modifications and shifts of emphasis. By Flavian and Antonine times the principate was accepted universally. For the provinces, a return to the republic was ...
Moving from 753 BC to 1479 AD, the animated map shows Rome’s territorial boundaries changing as the Roman Kingdom morphs into the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire. Then the gravity of history takes over and we experience the gradual decline of Roman civilization.
According to legend, Rome was founded in 753 BC by Romulus, son of the Roman god of war, Mars. The myth states a threatened local King ordered Romulus, and his twin brother Remus, to be abandoned on the bank of the river Tiber.
