Ancient Rome

The  politeness of ancient capital of Italy was at wholeness succession the mightiest on the planet. Yet it, too, like any other civilization, began as one small settlement. Ancient Rome was a booming civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean ocean and centered on the metropolis of Rome, it expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world.

In 753 B.C., the city of Rome was founded, on the Tiber River, in what is now central Italy. Some people presuppose that the twins Romulus and Remus fought each other for the right to found a capital city and that Romulus, who won the fight by violent death his brother, founded Rome. Other people say that the settlers just called it Rome. Whatever the uncoiled story is, it is lost to history.

Rome soon attracted many people, and the city grew larger, both because the large city attracted people in attend of adventure and wealth and because Roman warriors captured people from nearby settlements and brought them inhabitancy to Rome. The leaders of Rome at this time were  poufs. The last king of Rome was Tarquin.

In the early 6th Century B.C., Rome became a republic. This meant that a group of people, called the Senate, made the laws for the people of Rome. And the civilization this time had grown quite a bit, including colonies.





In 27 BC, Octavian was the sole Roman leader. His leadership brought the zenith of the Roman civilization, that lasted for two centuries. In that year, he took the name Augustus. That event is usually taken by historians as the beginning of Roman Empire - although Rome was an regal state since 146 BC, when Carthage was razed by Scipio Aemilianus and Greece was conquered by Lucius Mummius. Officially, the government was republican, alone Augustus assumed absolute powers. Besides that, the Empire was safer, happier and more resplendent than the Roman Republic.

Romes neighbors both had things the Romans wanted and wanted things the Romans had. This resulted...If you want to dumbfound a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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