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Nonetheless, two notable claims to succession of the Eastern Roman Empire arose in the centuries after the fall of Constantinople: the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire; notably, Mehmed II, the Ottoman sultan who captured Constantinople, justified his assumption of the title of Emperor of the Romans (Kayser-i Rum) by right of conquest ...
Apr 7, 2016 · His descendants were the twins Romulus and Remus – the illegitimate sons of Mars, the god of war, and the princess Rhea Silvia, the daughter of the true king of Alba Longa. Rescued from drowning by a she-wolf and raised by a shepherd, Romulus eventually defeated his brother in battle and founded the city of Rome, becoming its first king. So ...
- Donald L. Wasson
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Mar 29, 2011 · Roman revolution. In 133 BC, Rome was a democracy. Little more than a hundred years later it was governed by an emperor. This imperial system has become, for us, a by-word for autocracy and the ...
Oct 21, 2020 · Because of the meticulous record-keeping of the Romans, a clear date can be ascribed to Rome’s move from republic to empire.By the first century BC, the Roman Republic had been firmly established for centuries, growing from its roots as a minor city-state to conquering and controlling vast swathes of the Mediterranean basin, including Italy, Greece, Iberia, Gaul (an area that included modern ...
Apr 24, 2023 · The exact end of the Roman Empire is debated, but traditionally it is said to have fallen in 476 AD when the last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus, was deposed by the Germanic king Odoacer. Why did Roman Empire fall?
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The overthrow of the Roman monarchy was an event in ancient Rome that took place between the 6th and 5th centuries BC where a political revolution replaced the then-existing Roman monarchy under Lucius Tarquinius Superbus with a republic. The details of the event were largely forgotten by the Romans a few centuries later; later Roman historians ...
The king of Rome ( Latin: rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom. [1] According to legend, the first king of Rome was Romulus, who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine Hill. Seven legendary kings are said to have ruled Rome until 509 BC, when the last king was overthrown. These kings ruled for an average of 35 years.
