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History about Ancient Rome
Posted by CB Magazine on Monday, May 30, 2016 |
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To begin a study of Roman history is to begin the
study of Western civilization, and this introductory work provides a fine
place to start. In truth, all roads lead not only to Rome, but from
Rome. Upon Rome’s extensive system of roads moved not just the building blocks
of society and commerce, but also an invisible cargo of ideas that
connected Roman society and later the Christian Church, early modern
Europe, and all that followed. Roman culture was syncretic from the beginning.
The early years of monarchy (753–510 BCE) witnessed the amalgamation of Etruscans,
Oscans, Sabines, and other Italic peoples. Bit by bit the Romans of the republican period
(510 BCE–27 BCE) extended their imperium. By 270 BCE, Rome controlled the entire
Italian Peninsula. The expansions continued and established the foundation for
an empire that by 116 CE would encompass more than 6.5 million square
miles (16.8 million sq. km) under the emperor Trajan.At this time the
empire covered the full perimeter of the Mediterranean Sea, stretching
north to Scotland, south to Arabia, and east to Mesopotamia.
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