The Roman Empire or imperial period (the time of the Roman emperors), is quite precisely stated to have lasted 503 years; beginning with the accession of Octavian/Augustus in 27 BC, through to the fall of Romulus Augustus (also known by his nickname, Augustulus), the last emperor in the ...
The 'hook" for its use of the time-travel gimmick, forward or in this case backward, which it helped to inspire for years to come is a parallel drawn by the authors between a corrupt West Rome, Oklahoma and the governors of ancient Rome's empire. The bridge between the two is opened...
The Roman Empire in the 1st Century The Roman Republic in the 1st Century BCE was in turmoil. A series of civil wars had taken its toll on the population. Rome had two social classes, the patrician: wealthy noblemen, and the plebians: the common people of Rome. The gap between the two...
economic hardships, and military conscription, which took a toll on the Roman populace. The social fabric of Rome was torn asunder, and the eventual victory of Julius Caesar marked the end of the Republic and the beginning of the Roman Empire, with centralized...
An ardent Christian, and recognizing the amazing growth of the still relatively young faith, Theodosius, and his western counterpart Gratian, recognized Christianity as the official religion of the Empire in 380 AD. Gratian too, likely at the partial behest of Theodosius, refused the title ofPont...
David Vagi in his 'Coinage and History of the Roman Empire' has made a convincing case that these Pietas types portray Livilla rather than Livia. Livilla was the sister of both Claudius and Germanicus. She and her ambitious lover Sejanus wielded great power and were involve in poisoning her ...
a new kind of money, a new kind of society, and soon a new religion known as Christianity. Most dramatically, in the sixth century a resurgent empire led by Justinian faced a pandemic of bubonic plague, a prelude to the medieval Black Death. The toll was unfathomable;maybe half the ...
The Republic remained in place from 509 BC to 27 BC when the Roman Empire was established. Roman Republic Timeline (509 – 27 BC) 509 BC Lucius Junius Brutus led a rebellion which replaced the Etruscan rulers with the Roman Republic. He was one of the first Consuls of the Republic. He...
and there are two sons in the imperial succession for the first time in Rome’s history. But all is not as it appears. Cracks are beginning to show. Two decades of war have taken their toll, and there are whispers of a sickness in the East. The Empire stands on the brink of true ...
Bulgaria lost its Macedonian lands to the Serbian empire of Stefan Dušan, which then became the dominant Balkan power for the next four decades. Bulgaria appeared to be on the point of disintegration into feudal states when the invasions of the Ottoman Turks began. Ottoman rule The expansion ...