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In modern historiography, ancient Rome encompasses the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC, the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC), Roman Empire (27 BC– 395 AD), and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. Ancient Rome began as an classical republic and then to an increasingly autocratic military dictatorship during the Empire.
Ancient Rome is often grouped into aqueducts and roads, as well as more grandiose monuments and facilities. (Full article... )
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Welcome to the Did you know page of the Roman Empire Portal. This is the page where interesting facts are stored and nominated to appear on the main portal page. The following guidelines apply to Did you know...? entries:
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- ...That when Caesar's troops hesitated to leave their ships for fear of the Britons, the aquilifer of the tenth legion threw himself overboard and, carrying the eagle, advanced alone against the enemy?
- ...That the most well paid athlete in human history, Gaius Appuleius Diocles, was an illiterate Roman Chariot racer, and earned the equivalent of $15 Billion US Dollars.
- ...That according to Suetonius, Caligula "often sent for men whom he had secretly killed, as though they were still alive, and remarked offhandedly a few days later that they must have committed suicide"?
- ...That Mark Antony, who avenged Julius Caesar, was killed by Julius Caesar's grand nephew (Octavian) Augustus Caesar?
- ...That Sulla's grave read No friend ever surpassed him in kindness, and no enemy in ill-doing?
- ...That the Pater familias of a family, had the power to sell his children into slavery?
- ...That Arabiawith the Roman Navy?
- ...That Trajan was born at Italica, in Spain and adopted by the Roman Emperor Nerva and made his heir, which entitled Trajan to call himself the son of Nerva
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- Ancient Library
- Attalus. Sources for Greek & Roman history (attalus.org)
- De Imperatoribus Romanis. An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors
- Earth's Ancient History
- LacusCurtius: Into the Roman World
- Livius. Articles on ancient history (Livius.org)
- Ouvrage de référence sur l'antiquité
- Perseus Digital Library
- The Stoa (stoa.org)
- Women's History Resource Site
Portal:Ancient Rome lists
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- List of Roman place names in Britain
- List of Roman laws
- List of Roman cognomina
- List of Roman nomina
- List of Roman praenomina
- List of Roman sites
- List of Roman usurpers
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