THE Rome was founded by two brothers Romulus and Remus in 753 B.C .The city existed when the Latin people settled down on the seven hills on the bank of the River Tiber. Their villages merged together to become a city and their language -Latin- was spoken later in the entire Roman Empire.Around 500B.C , Rome become a republic .One of its generals ,who was also in the senate ,was the famous Julius .Caesar .After his assassination , one ruler proclaimed himself for the first time as the Roman emperor .He changed the army , and Rome become world power.It was the biggest power at around 100 AD.
SENATE- THE Senate was the most powerful and important political institution in Rome .Initially only the rich nobles were in the senate .They were appointed as senator for life .After the Roman life .After the Roman dethroned the king by around 500 B.C, the administration of the state become a public affair ,res publica in Latin,i.e a republic.Now the right to belong to the senate was not limited to the rich nobles.The senate passed laws , named officials , managed revenue , and counselled public meetings .At its top were so called consuls elected for one year.They had to take all the decisions together and were also the top most generals.
ROME BECOME WORLD POWER.-The Roman were successful conquerors .Around 260 B.C , they completed in the western Mediterranean Sea with the Phoenicians ,especially with the trading city of Carthage in North Africa, which the Roman destroyed after the three punic wars in 146 B.C.The newly conquered land of Africa , which was very fertile , become the most important farmland for Rome.Romans ruled all around the Mediterranean sea.They called it mare nostrum,meaning ' our sea'.
THE FIRST ROMAN EMPERORS.-The first emperor of the Rome was the grand nephew of Julius Caesar .After the assassination of his great uncle , the young Octavian the leader of the senate in 44B.C .In 27 B.C , he named himself as 'Imperator ' ,which means sole ruler.The senate awarded him the honorific title of Augustus, the Noble, and he gave himself the epithet caesar.Augustus started a long reign ,that was secure and rich .Later the Roman empire was ruled by some emperors who known for their barbarism and extravagance.
JULIUS CAESAR THE FAMOUS-Caesar is known mainly because of his greed for power, his ambition , and his many victories.As a successful General he conquered Britain and Gaul -The Great Britain and northern France of today- and won against the Teutons . He smartly used the dispute among the politicians to become the sole .ruler.He improved
calendar and wrote books such as De bello Gallic , which the Latin student read even today.He also had an affair with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra and was assassinated .Caesar is the central character in theater plays , novel and films.
INTERESTING FACTS-
SENATE- THE Senate was the most powerful and important political institution in Rome .Initially only the rich nobles were in the senate .They were appointed as senator for life .After the Roman life .After the Roman dethroned the king by around 500 B.C, the administration of the state become a public affair ,res publica in Latin,i.e a republic.Now the right to belong to the senate was not limited to the rich nobles.The senate passed laws , named officials , managed revenue , and counselled public meetings .At its top were so called consuls elected for one year.They had to take all the decisions together and were also the top most generals.
ROME BECOME WORLD POWER.-The Roman were successful conquerors .Around 260 B.C , they completed in the western Mediterranean Sea with the Phoenicians ,especially with the trading city of Carthage in North Africa, which the Roman destroyed after the three punic wars in 146 B.C.The newly conquered land of Africa , which was very fertile , become the most important farmland for Rome.Romans ruled all around the Mediterranean sea.They called it mare nostrum,meaning ' our sea'.
THE FIRST ROMAN EMPERORS.-The first emperor of the Rome was the grand nephew of Julius Caesar .After the assassination of his great uncle , the young Octavian the leader of the senate in 44B.C .In 27 B.C , he named himself as 'Imperator ' ,which means sole ruler.The senate awarded him the honorific title of Augustus, the Noble, and he gave himself the epithet caesar.Augustus started a long reign ,that was secure and rich .Later the Roman empire was ruled by some emperors who known for their barbarism and extravagance.
JULIUS CAESAR THE FAMOUS-Caesar is known mainly because of his greed for power, his ambition , and his many victories.As a successful General he conquered Britain and Gaul -The Great Britain and northern France of today- and won against the Teutons . He smartly used the dispute among the politicians to become the sole .ruler.He improved
calendar and wrote books such as De bello Gallic , which the Latin student read even today.He also had an affair with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra and was assassinated .Caesar is the central character in theater plays , novel and films.
INTERESTING FACTS-
- In the Roman Empire , a criminal could be convicted only when his crime was proved .This basic approach of law is the basis of all European legal system even today.
- The word 'emperor' and the Russian word 'Czar' are modification of Latin word Caesar.
- ROMAN EMPIRE
- A Roman legionary carried his weapons, tools for building stores ,cooking utensils, bedding, and grains of two weeks.All of this weighted around 30 k.g.
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