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4 days ago · The Pax Romana, or "Roman Peace," ushered in an era of unprecedented stability, prosperity, and cultural flourishing. The city of Rome itself was a marvel, with a population exceeding a million people—a size not matched again in Europe until the Industrial Revolution. It seemed unthinkable that such a mighty empire could ever fall.
1 day ago · Rome's decline into complete irrelevance during the medieval period, with the associated lack of construction activity, assured the survival of very significant ancient Roman material remains in the centre of the city, some abandoned and others continuing in use.
1 day ago · The Migration Period, involving large invasions by Germanic peoples and by the Huns of Attila, led to the decline of the Western Roman Empire. With the fall of Ravenna to the Germanic Herulians and the deposition of Romulus Augustus in 476 AD by Odoacer, the Western Roman Empire finally collapsed.
5 days ago · For well over a millennium, Rome controlled the destiny of all civilization known to Europe, but then it fell into dissolution and disrepair. Physically mutilated, economically paralyzed, politically senile, and militarily impotent by the late Middle Ages, Rome nevertheless remained a world power—as an idea.
3 days ago · This partial financial recovery enabled him, after his return to Rome in 60 bce, to stand for the consulship for 59 bce. Julius Caesar, the influential Roman general and statesman, conquered vast territories, reformed Rome’s government, and met a tragic end that forever shaped history.
- Julius Caesar's family was old Roman nobility, but they were not rich. His father died when he was 16, but he received significant support from his...
- Julius Caesar was a political and military genius who overthrew Rome’s decaying political order and replaced it with a dictatorship. He triumphed i...
- Julius Caesar was murdered in the Roman Senate House by a group of nobles on March 15, 44 BCE. The assassination plot was led by Gaius Cassius Long...
- Julius Caesar crafted an alliance with Marcus Licinius Crassus and Pompey to form the First Triumvirate and challenge the power of the Roman Senate...
1 day ago · Rome defeated Carthage at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC, becoming the dominant power of the ancient Mediterranean world.
5 days ago · The Colosseum fell into serious disrepair after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. During the 12th century, the Frangipane and Annibaldi families repurposed the arena to function as their fortress.
