Imperium: the Rise and Fall of an Empire 270 BCE
The Romans have successfully expanded their power over almost the whole of the Italian peninsula.
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Early Rome is set in a Mediterranean world of city-state republics, much influenced by Greek civilization.
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Though having suffered disaster at the hands of the Gauls, Roman power now dominates central Italy.
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Rome has defeated Carthage in two major wars, and has become the leading power in the western Mediterranean.
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The Romans have extended their power throughout the Mediterranean.
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Roman power has continued to expand, but political turmoil and civil war have become the order of the day.
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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 ...
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The Roman empire has given its inhabitants 200 years of internal peace, while its borders have continued to expand.
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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 ...
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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, ...
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The Roman Empire is divided into a Western and an Eastern half.
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In the 5th century the western Roman empire was overthrown by barbarian invasions
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Greece and the Balkans history 200BCE
The golden age of the Greek city-states gives way to an era dominated by Alexander the Great and his successors

Italy history 200BCE
The cities and tribes of central and southern Italy have come under the firm leadership of Rome

France history 200BCE
The area of modern France is now dominated by the Celtic La Tene culture

Spain and Portugal history 200BCE
Carthaginian and Roman armies have contested much of Spain
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Greece and the Balkans history 200BCE
The golden age of the Greek city-states gives way to an era dominated by Alexander the Great and his successors

Italy history 200BCE
The cities and tribes of central and southern Italy have come under the firm leadership of Rome

France history 200BCE
The area of modern France is now dominated by the Celtic La Tene culture

Spain and Portugal history 200BCE
Carthaginian and Roman armies have contested much of Spain
What else is happening in the rest of the world...

Greece and the Balkans history 200BCE
The golden age of the Greek city-states gives way to an era dominated by Alexander the Great and his successors

Italy history 200BCE
The cities and tribes of central and southern Italy have come under the firm leadership of Rome

France history 200BCE
The area of modern France is now dominated by the Celtic La Tene culture

Spain and Portugal history 200BCE
Carthaginian and Roman armies have contested much of Spain
What else is happening in the rest of the world...

Iraq history 200CE
Under Parthian rule, Hellenistic civilization in Mesopotamia gradually gives way to local influences

Iran history 200CE
Iran, the centre of the Parthian empire

Egypt history 200CE
Egypt is a province of the Roman empire

Arabia history 200CE
The civilization of southern Arabia is in decline

Turkey history 200CE
The cities of Asia Minor have prospered under the peace which Roman rule has brought

North East Africa history 200CE
Nubian civilization is suffering from a shortage of resources
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