Ancient Rome Civilization
A Ancient Rome Civilization is a ancient civilization that evolved from an italic settlement to a transcontinental empire (spanning from the founding of Rome in 753 BC to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD).
- AKA: Roman Civilization, Classical Roman Culture, Roman World.
- Context:
- It can establish Political Systems through state evolution.
- It can develop Military Organization through legion structures.
- It can maintain Cultural Assimilation through romanization processes.
- It can create Legal Frameworks through roman laws.
- It can advance Engineering Practices through architectural innovations.
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- It can often influence Modern Nations through republican principles.
- It can often shape Urban Development through city planning.
- It can often guide Military Strategy through professional armys.
- It can often integrate Provincial Administration through governance systems.
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- It can range from being a Local Kingdom to being a Global Empire, depending on its historical phase.
- It can range from being an Elective Monarchy to being an Imperial Autocracy, depending on its governmental form.
- It can range from being a City State to being a Mediterranean Power, depending on its territorial reach.
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- It can integrate with Greek Culture through cultural synthesis.
- It can connect to Mediterranean Trade through economic networks.
- It can support Infrastructure Development through engineering projects.
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- Example(s):
- Political Evolutions, such as:
- Territorial Expansions, such as:
- Cultural Achievements, such as:
- Engineering Works, such as:
- Architectural Structures, such as:
- Military Campaigns, such as:
- Major Conflicts, such as:
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Ancient Greece (including ancient Athens), which emphasizes city-state autonomy rather than imperial unity.
- Persian Empire, which maintains satrapy system rather than provincial administration.
- Han Dynasty, which develops through dynastic succession rather than republican evolution.
- Carthaginian Empire, which focuses on maritime trade rather than territorial control.
- Germanic Tribes, which preserve tribal organization rather than urban civilization.
- See: Fall of Constantinople, Rome, Latin, Ancient History, Roman Kingdom, Roman Republic, Roman Empire, Founding of Rome, Overthrow of The Roman Monarchy.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ancient_Rome Retrieved:2023-6-16.
- In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilization from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC), and Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) until the fall of the western empire.[1]
Ancient Rome began as an Italic settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the River Tiber in the Italian Peninsula. The settlement grew into the city and polity of Rome, and came to control its neighbours through a combination of treaties and military strength. It eventually dominated the Italian Peninsula, assimilated the Greek culture of southern Italy (Magna Grecia) and the Etruscan culture and acquired an Empire that took in much of Europe and the lands and peoples surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. It was among the largest empires in the ancient world, with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants, roughly 20% of the world's population at the time ...
.... It covered around at its height in AD 117.[2]
The Roman state evolved from an elective monarchy to a democratic classical republic and then to an increasingly autocratic semi-elective military dictatorship during the Empire. Through conquest, cultural, and linguistic assimilation, at its height it controlled the North African coast, Egypt, Southern Europe, and most of Western Europe, the Balkans, Crimea, and much of the Middle East, including Anatolia, Levant, and parts of Mesopotamia and Arabia. It is often grouped into classical antiquity together with ancient Greece, and their similar cultures and societies are known as the Greco-Roman world.
Ancient Roman civilisation has contributed to modern language, religion, society, technology, law, politics, government, warfare, art, literature, architecture, and engineering. Rome professionalised and expanded its military and created a system of government called ..., the inspiration for modern republics such as the United States and France. It achieved impressive technological and architectural feats, such as the empire-wide construction of aqueducts and roads, as well as more grandiose monuments and facilities. The Punic Wars with Carthage gave Rome supremacy in the Mediterranean. The Roman Empire emerged with the principate of Augustus (from 27 BC); Rome's imperial domain now extended from the Atlantic to Arabia and from the mouth of the Rhine to North Africa. In 92 AD, Rome came up against the resurgent Parthian Empire and became involved in history's longest-running conflict, the Roman–Persian Wars, which would have lasting effects on both empires. Under Trajan, Rome's empire reached its territorial peak, encompassing the entire Mediterranean Basin, the southern margins of the North Sea, and the shores of the Red and Caspian Seas. Republican mores and traditions started to decline during the imperial period, with civil wars becoming a common prelude to the rise of a new emperor. Splinter states, such as the Palmyrene Empire, would temporarily divide the Empire during the Crisis of the Third Century before some stability was restored in the Tetrarchy phase of imperial rule.
Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the western part of the empire broke up into independent barbarian kingdoms in the 5th century.The eastern part of the empire remained a power through the Middle Ages until its fall in 1453 AD.
- In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilization from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC), and Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) until the fall of the western empire.[1]