History of Rome

settling of Rome begins in the “mid-eighth century B.C.E. by the Latins” (Fiero 70). Mythical facts also surround the establishing of Rome. Many accounts about the settling of Rome include two brothers, “Romulus and Remus” (Garcia). Another mythical fact includes “Roma, a woman who traveled with Aeneas when Troy fell” (Mark). People know the legend of Romulus and Remus as one of the tales for the founding of Rome. Many mythical stories portray how they become the founders of Rome. Roman…

on Augustus’ Rome Nearing the last decades of the Roman Republic there were many underlying tensions. Much of the political unrest was due to the civil wars that caused great divides between the population and also due to instability of the government. When Augustus officially came into power and ‘restored’ the Republic to its former glory one of his major projects was to create parallels between the current era and the beginning of Rome. He wanted Romans to be proud of their history, and to…

During the development of the Roman culture and civilization the Roman army and war helped to shape Roman history. Although the government, culture and economy did play a part as well. Wars like the three Punic wars helped to shaped Roman history, it allowed for expansion within the Roman Empire(Williamson). The Punic wars lasted over 100 years but in the end proved that Rome was a super power and that its empire and the people within it desired to be the best in the Western Mediterranean. Due…

know that the light would shine on this certain day and in this exact spot so let 's put a hole in the top of this temple, oh and we also need to light up the whole building so that works out well together. This leads me to think that the people of Rome had valued their Roman emperor so much that they would build the building a certain way so that their emperor would be acknowledged, and would kind of be the centre stage of the temple. Like how a performer would have lights shone on him or her…

What were the outcomes of the second Punic War? The attack on Rome by Hannibal of Carthage resulted in Rome and its allies’ defeat but Carthage did not manage to build on gains of their spoils of the war because they lacked the main resources in terms of military men needed for such development. Rome took advantage of this scenario and defeated Carthage at the battle of Zama 202 BCE series of similar defeats gave the Romans total control and dominion over the Mediterranean. “Carthage, although…

that resided in Rome. One of these groups was the plebeians. In the following short paragraphs, the plebeians will be described and the reason will be given for their importance. First, who were the plebeians? This group of people lived in the countryside for the most part. Many were poor and many owned small farms. They often also participated in wars, and were a vast population compared to the patricians of Rome (Morey, 2017). Second, why were the plebeians important to Rome? The plebeians…

A great man who was known as Augustus Caesar said on his deathbed, “I found Rome of clay; I leave it to you of marble”(history 11). Augustus Caesar, once named Octavian, was the 2nd ruler of Rome, first of the Roman Empire. He grew up to take the throne after Julius. He was sharing the power but after taking it from his enemy, Mark Antony, he ruled Rome with intentions for success for the empire, not for himself. His greatest success unlike his uncle, Julius Caesar, was keeping the people and…

That was a great and long period of Roman’s history over wars basically known as the first and the Second Punic War in around 200s BCE. The main reason was gaining lots of territories or empire with great battles among Rome and several others as its rival Carthage. Rome had acquired most of the western Mediterranean in the era of fifty years and at this moment had to alter or fine-tune its administration, foreign policy, finances, and alliance system to decree these territories. The Second…

Referred to the history of Europe, ancient Greece must be noticed. Because it is the base and origin of modern Europe, Alcock has claimed it has made the great contributions to European civilization (Alcock, 2002: 1-15). The second stupendous symbol also must be noticed, is Rome. From 753 BC to 565 AD, lasting 1318 years, Rome occupied the Europe as a majestic lion. It has controlled huge territories, including Italy, the Mediterranean, explaining why it is called Rome Empire. However, what…

Rome: Year 44 B.C.E Many things happened in the leap year 44 B.C.E. Julius Ceasar was assassinated, which led to the Ides of March ,Octavian came back from Greece, Cicero finished work in De Officiis and Cicero gave the “12 Philippics” opposing Antonius in order to make the senate declare war against him. Julius Ceasar, Cicero, Octavian, and Brutus were people who helped shaped Rome’s history. Gaius Julius Caesar was born on July 12, 100 BC in Rome, Italy. Caesar was considered one of the…