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Rome, ancient history

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Ancient Rome was a civilization based on the city of Rome . It lasted for about 800 years. Rome is traditionally said to have been founded as a kingdom in 753 BC . Following the expulsion of its last king, Tarquinius Superbus, the monarchy became a republic (traditionally in 509 BC ). From then, its history is one of almost continual expansion until the murder of Julius Caesar and the foundation of the Roman Empire in 27 BC under Augustus and his successors. At its peak under Trajan , the empire stretched from Roman Britain to Mesopotamia and the Caspian Sea. A long line of emperors ruling by virtue of military, rather than civil, power marked the beginning of Rome's long decline; under Diocletian the empire was divided into two parts – East and West – although it was temporarily reunited under Constantine , the first emperor to formally adopt Christianity. The end of the Roman Empire is generally dated by the removal of the last emperor in the West in AD 476. The Eastern or Byzantine…
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Full text Article Roman Empire

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Mediterranean empire formed ( c .27 BC) by Augustus after the assassination ( c .44 BC) of Julius Caesar . Its power centre was ancient Rome . The Romans adopted the culture of ancient Greece , but their Empire was based on military power and Roman law . In terms of technology and (arguably) …
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Full text Article Roman Empire

From Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
The empire of ancient Rome, beginning with the imperial rule of Augustus 27 b.c. ; at its greatest extent (c. 117 a.d. ) included all S Europe, Britannia, N Africa, Egypt, Asia Minor, N coast of Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea), Armenia and regions S of the Caucasus, Mesopotamia and adjoining regions, …
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Full text Article Rome, ancient

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Capital of the Roman republic. According to tradition, Romulus and Remus founded Rome in 753 bc . By 509 bc the Latin-speaking Romans had thrown off the rule of Etruscan kings, and established an independent republic dominated by an aristocratic elite. Its history was one of continual expansion, and…
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Full text Article Brutus, in ancient Rome

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(brō'tӘs), in ancient Rome, a surname of the Junian gens. Lucius Junius Brutus , fl. 510 B.C. , was the founder of the Roman republic. He feigned idiocy to escape death at the hands of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (see under Tarquin ). Roman historians tell how he led the Romans in expelling the…
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Full text Article The City of Ancient Rome on Screen

From Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World: A Companion to the City of Rome Full text Article Receptions of Rome
Since the dawn of cinema in the early twentieth century, filmmakers have sought to recreate the city of ancient Rome on indoor soundstages, open-air urban sets and vast outdoor locations. The metropolitan spaces of ancient Rome, taken together with its suburban vicinities and nearby rural…
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Petrarch's oft-quoted letter to Giovanni Colonna di San Vito, recalling their ambulations through Rome in 1337, conjures an image of the city encapsulated in classical times ( Epistolae familiares 6.2). His itinerary loosely parallels the trajectory of Roman history, beginning at the old Porta…
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Full text Article The Renaissance: The “Discovery” of Ancient Rome

From Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World: A Companion to the City of Rome Full text Article Receptions of Rome
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Introduction: The Renaissance The revival of ancient Rome is a recurring theme in virtually all accounts of the culture of the Renaissance, especially in Italy, where the desire to restore the lost glories of the ancient city and its Empire was felt most consistently (and passionately). Indeed, the…
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Full text Article Ancient Rome: key dates

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
BC 753 According to tradition, Rome is founded. 510 The Etruscan dynasty of the Tarquins is expelled and a republic established, with power concentrated in patrician hands. 450 The law code contained in the Twelve Tables is published. 396 Etruscan Veii, 15 km/9 mi north of Rome, is captured. 387…
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Full text Article Health in Ancient Rome

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
Introduction The ancient Romans suffered from numerous threats to health: war, food shortages, and many infectious diseases. They had no idea of the germ theory of disease, and instead believed that health was dependent on diet and life-style, with some conditions – in particular, epidemic diseases…
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In the mid-fifth century BCE , when the great Greek historian Herodotus settled in the Athenian colony of Thurii in southern Italy, Rome had not yet consolidated its control over the peninsula. The struggle with the declining but still powerful Etruscans was ongoing. The Gauls, a Celtic people of…
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