Imperium: the Rise and Fall of an Empire 270 BCE

Early Rome is set in a Mediterranean world of city-state republics, much influenced by Greek civilization.

Though having suffered disaster at the hands of the Gauls, Roman power now dominates central Italy.

Rome has defeated Carthage in two major wars, and has become the leading power in the western Mediterranean.

The Romans have extended their power throughout the Mediterranean.

Roman power has continued to expand, but political turmoil and civil war have become the order of the day.

After conquering Gaul, Julius Caesar turned his armies on the city of Rome itself and, after yet another civil war, made himself master of the Roman world. Then, on the 15th March, 44 BCE, he was assassinated by some of ...

The Roman empire has given its inhabitants 200 years of internal peace, while its borders have continued to expand.

Ten years of misrule by the emperor Commodus ended in his assassination, and were then followed one of the most bizarre episodes in Rome’s history. The Praetorian Guard auctioned the imperial office to the highest ...

Soldier-emperors The invasions and instability of the 3rd century inflicted immense damage on the Roman empire. Many cities were sacked, millions of people lost their homes and livelihoods, inflation got out of control, ...

The Roman Empire is divided into a Western and an Eastern half.

In the 5th century the western Roman empire was overthrown by barbarian invasions