Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry
2011
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Apr 5, 2023 · For centuries, the Roman Empire was one of the defining powers of the ancient world. But how did this all begin and what caused it to fall apart? Join Mary B...
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Spanning over a thousand years, ancient Rome was a civilization of constant evolution. This great empire flourished through innovation and incorporation of t...
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Apr 30, 2023 · Video. 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.
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Romulus is a Latin boys name meaning simply Citizen of Rome, this was the given name to the character in Roman Mythology Romulus. He was a twin of Remus, his mother was Rhea Silvia and father Mars. If you rewatch the video he gives a little information on the history between the brothers, them being raised by a she wolf and the ultimate death ...
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- Phoenicia is an ancient Greek term used to refer to the major export of the region, cloth dyed Tyrian purple from the Murex mollusc, and referred t...
- A republic is governed by an assembly of citizens who decide things for the population. The power is in those who comprise that assembly. An empire...
- Vestiges of the Latin language are prominent from Portugal to Romania. The border between England and Scotland today is that which was set by the R...
- They ate, drank, worked, raised families, traded stuff, bought and sold slaves, built bridges and houses, worshipped their gods and stuff like that.
- Marius and Sulla took the Roman Republic to its first civil war in the first century b.c. Marius fought in the side of the "populares" (popular par...
- The first triumvirate was formed in 60 b.c. and was composed by Julius Caesar, Pompey and Crassus. After the death of Crassus in 53 b.c. Pompey and...
- British Empire doesn't exist then! Although Romans ruled in Britannia. Around 410 there is even an usurpator who tried to rule from there. But Roma...
- The Ottoman kings were called "sultans". It was the Sultan Mehmed II (the Conqueror) who captured Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empi...
- Tiberius Caesar Augustus, who became the emperor Tiberius was Augustus' son.
Oct 19, 2023 · Ancient Rome 101. Spanning over a thousand years, ancient Rome was a civilization of constant evolution. This great empire flourished through innovation and incorporation of the diverse cultures they conquered, such as the adoption of Latin and gladiatorial combat. Learn about the rise and fall of this ancient civilization and how its influence ...
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May 27, 2022 · Optimates took matters into their own hands and on March 15th, 44 BC, the Ides of March, Julius Caesar was assassinated. It backfired hard, and Rome was plunged into a series of civil wars. The ...
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