Ancient Roman Empire History?

Question

Can someone give a brief history of Rome from 753 b.c. to Constantine's rule.

Give key figures, dates, important events, etc.

Answer 1

The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman civilization characterized by an autocratic form of government. The earlier Roman Republic had been devastated and weakened by the conflict between Gaius Marius and Sulla, followed by the civil war of Julius Caesar against Pompey. During all these struggles hundreds of senators had fallen in battle, been executed, murdered, or had taken their own lives. The Roman Senate had been refilled by loyal friends of the First Triumvirate, and later on, by supporters of the Second Triumvirate. At last, Octavian (later to be known as Augustus) defeated his rival Mark Antony and completed this gradual subversion by thoroughly reorganizing the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire.

"Roman Empire" can also be used as translation of the expression, Imperium Romanum, probably the best-known Latin expression where the word imperium is used in the meaning of a territory; the "Roman Empire" denotes that part of the world under Roman rule. The expansion of this Roman territory beyond the borders of the initial city-state of Rome had started long before the state organization turned into an Empire. In its territorial peak after the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the Roman Empire controlled approximately 5 900 000 km² (2,300,000 sq.mi.) of land surface, thereby being one of the largest ancient empires, exceeded only by the Persian Empire and the Han Empire.

The precise date at which the Roman Republic changed into the Roman Empire is disputed, with the dates of Julius Caesar's appointment as perpetual dictator (44 BC), the battle of Actium (September 2, 31 BC), and the date in which the Roman Senate granted Octavian the title Augustus (January 16, 27 BC), all being advanced as candidates. To confuse matters even further, Octavian/Augustus officially proclaimed that he had saved the Roman Republic and carefully disguised his power under republican forms. Indeed, on the surface it might appear that the Republic was alive: consuls continued to be elected, tribunes of the plebeians continued to offer legislation, and senators still debated in the Roman Curia. However, it was Octavian who influenced everything and controlled the final decisions, and in final analysis, had the legions to back him up, if it ever became necessary.

The end of the Roman Empire is traditionally placed on 4 September 476, as the Western Roman Empire fell to Germanic invaders. However, this view does not recognize the Eastern Roman Empire, known to modern-day historians as the Byzantine Empire, which maintained Roman legal and cultural traditions. Developing a distinct Greek Christian character, it managed to survive and even thrive for a millennium after the fall of the West, eventually being conquered on 29 May 1453 by the Ottoman Empire.

From the time of Augustus to the Fall of the Western Empire, Rome dominated Western Eurasia, comprising the majority of its population. The legacy of Rome on culture, law, technology, arts, language, religion, government, military, and architecture upon Western civilization remains to the present day.

Answer 2

Blue dots = Events in Ancient Roman Timeline

Red dots = Events in Ancient Greek Timeline


c. 9th C. B.C.
c. 8th C. B.C.
7th C. B.C.
6th C. B.C.

In the table below, in the right column are links to pages on the Ancient / Classical History site related to the time periods listed on the left.


[ARCHAIC PERIOD GREECE / LEGENDARY ROME (800-500)] - to 600 B.C.
•Homer
•800 Rise of the aristocracies
•800 Settlement on Palatine
•800-700 B.C. Hellenes and Etruscans in Italy
•776 Olympic Games established
•753 B.C. Romulus founds city of Rome
•c. 750 Colonization of Southern Italy and Sicily
•c. 700 Hesiod
•763-673 B.C. Numa Pompilius
•715-642 B.C. Tullus Hostilius
•621 Draco's code of law in Athens
•642-617 B.C. Ancus Marcius and the extension of Rome's power to the coast.
•c. 600 Sappho (lyric poet)
•c. 600 Thales (philosopher)
•594-593 Solon
•616-579 B.C. L. Tarquinius Priscus
•578-535 B.C. Servius Tullius
•545-510 Tyranny of the Peisistratids
•534-510 B.C. L. Tarquinius Superbus
•533 Thespis wins first tragedy competition
•509 B.C. Romans overthrow Tarquinius Superbus; treaty with Carthage
•508 Cleisthenes reforms Lyre

Found at
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_time_7thbc.htm

Try
http://www.exovedate.com/ancient_timeline_one.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/romans/rome_timeline_more.shtml

Answer 3

The Habsberg empire was a very long lasting one. It depends on how you feel makes a good empire.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Which Constantine? Like the earlier poster said read Gibbons.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

Yes, Gibbons.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

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