The Roman Republic existed from 509 until 27 BCE. After this point, Rome began an empire that spanned all across the ancient Mediterranean world for the next five centuries. It was one of the largest and most power empires in human history....
Why did Rome have so many civil wars? Why was the Roman Republic formed? Why was Hadrian considered a good emperor? Why was Trajan considered a good emperor? Why did Xerxes want to conquer Greece? Why did Boudicca not like the Romans?
Why did the Ancient Roman Empire fall? Who did the Romans conquer after Carthage? What made the army of the Roman Republic so effective? What is the difference between Ancient Rome and the Roman Republic? What negative effect did the Peloponnesian War have on Greece? Did the Etruscans rule ...
They tend to do drink and eat in excess, and was not a frowned upon thing, like in Roman society it was frowned upon to be gluttonous. Tacitus goes on talking about how the barbarians view hospitality saying that “They treated all people as guests with the utmost hospitality, as rebuking...
Fearing capture, Pompey and his Consul fled Rome. Caesar pursued him, defeating his forces in Spain and Greece. Caesar was ultimately appointed Dictator, but resigned after just 11 days. In 48 BCE, Caesar was once again appointed dictator but left Rome shortly after to chase Pompey to Egypt....
God never abandons His people (Romans 8) and yet He sometimes allows pagans and unbelievers to conquer His people when His people turn away from Him. (God allowed Assyria, Babylon, Persian, Greece, Rome to invade and conquer Israel when they turned away from God. (see 2 Kings 17 and 23...
Our Founders were well educated in the Classical histories of Greece and Rome, of the Renaissance and the Reformation. They were keen followers of the debates on government, and even participated in those debates. They lived in the full flower of the Age of Enlightenment. Many of them were ...
Why did the Punic Wars start? Why did Xerxes want to conquer Greece? Why did the Huns invade Rome? Why did Persia join the Peloponnesian War? Why did the Algerian War start? Why was Moses exiled by Ramses? Why was the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire?
Why did Augustus rebuild Rome? Why did Thucydides think that Sparta attacked Athens? Why did Xerxes want to conquer Greece? Why is the Acropolis important? Why did the city-states in the Delian League revolt against Athens? Why did Athens undertake the Sicilian Expedition during the Peloponnesian...
Why did Xerxes want to conquer Greece? Why did Athens undertake the Sicilian Expedition during the Peloponnesian War? Why was Aristotle attacked during the Athenian Revolution? Why did Alaric attack Rome? Why did Sparta win the Peloponnesian War?