Formed from the dust of the Roman Republic, the Empire's influence is present in modern western societies. This influence still enchants many, primarily due to its highly structured military and intriguing rulers. The Roman Empire was established in 27 BCE. Due to years of decline and vicious ...
Domitian Domitian, the last Flavian emperor, strengthened the Roman Empire's borders and economy but was seen as a tyrant by the Senate. Nerva Nerva, the first of the Five Good Emperors, ushered in a new era of stability after a period of violence. Trajan Renowned for his military con...
Territorial Complexity: The Holy Roman Empire was a complex and fragmented collection of semi-independent states, including duchies, counties, free imperial cities, and bishoprics. Political Structure: The Empire had a decentralized political structure where local rulers held significant autonomy, although...
The Roman emperors were a mixed group of some good rulers, and some very bad rulers. But whether the emperors were good or bad, things worked out pretty well for the Roman Empire during its first 200 years – this was called the Pax Romana (‘Roman peace’) and was a time of great ...
Timeline Video Quiz Course 36Kviews How the Holy Roman Empire Worked Politically? The Empire was ruled by the emperor, who was elected and then crowned by the pope. The Empire was mainly fragmented into different territories ruled by bishops, nobles, and knightly orders. These rulers then select...
Welcome to the final post in The World of An Altar of Indignities, the blog series in which we’ve explored some of the research that went into our latest dramatic and romantic comedy set in the Roman Empire. If you missed Part X on the Odeon of Herodes Atticus, you can read that by...
Holy Roman Empire: The first emperor of the Holy Roman Empire was Charlemagne, who received the title in the year 800 AD. From about 962 AD until the end of the empire in the 19th century, the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire were German. ...
The arrangement proved practical in stabilizing the empire for a time against usurpation, and it also promised the rulers legitimacy and regular succession. The tetrarchy soon led to confusion, however, and by 308 there were seven pretenders to the title of Augustus. Among them was Constantius’...
Syria - Hellenistic, Roman, Empire: After Alexander’s death in 323 bce his marshals contended for control of the country until, after the Battle of Ipsus (301), Seleucus I Nicator gained the northern part and Ptolemy I Soter gained the southern (Coele S
When Diocletian came to power, theRoman Empirewas already too big for one emperor to handle. Diocletian started the tetrarchy or system of 4 rulers, two subordinates (Caesars) and two full-fledged emperors (Augusti). The Roman Empire was split between an eastern and a western section. It wa...