Power and Authority:
- Rome's government began as a republic, where elected officials represent the people.
- Eventually emperors seized power and expanded the Roman Empire.
Empire Building:
- The Roman Empire touched three continents at its height, which were Europe, Asia, and Africa.
- Rome brought peace and prosperity to its empire for several centuries until it eventually collapsed.
Religious and Ethical Systems:
- Christianity, a "single-god or monotheistic religion" based on Jesus of Nazareth, rose out of Judea.
- It soon spread throughout and beyond Rome.
Timeline:
- 509 B.C.- Rome becomes republic.
- 264 B.C.- The first Punic War begins.
- 218 B.C.- Hannibal invades Italy in the Second Punic War.
- 31 B.C.- Octavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra's forces (bust of Cleopatra.)
- 284 A.D.- Diocletian becomes the emperor of Rome.
- 476 A.D.- The Western Roman Empire falls (Roman horseman.)
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