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Edward Goldsmith: The Fall of the Roman Empire
This excerpt from chapter 1 of author Edward Goldsmith's book The Great U-Turn points out the reasons for the decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire. He reasons that the invasion of various people groups, foreign influences, the...
PBS
Pbs: The Roman Empire in the First Century: Timeline
A timeline of major events within the Roman Empire.
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Siteseen Ltd: Causes for the Fall of the Roman Empire
This article addresses the many reasons why the world's greatest superpower of the 4th century, the Roman Empire, crumbled and fell. Many reasons are discussed in detail, including the spread of Christianity, the invasion of various...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Greco Roman
Instead of rule by a single person, Athens and Rome developed governments with widespread participation by male elites, which lasted about 170 years in Athens and about 480 years in Rome. This article discusses the rise of the Greek and...
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Unrv History: Roman Empire: Roman Mythology
Information about Roman mythology with links to additional information about major gods, minor gods, adopted gods, imperial cult, and more.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Fall of the Roman Empire
In this article, you will see the reasons and developments that led to the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. An official state religion, the splitting of the empire into two parts, and the invasion of various people groups are...
A&E Television
History.com: How Far Did Ancient Rome Spread?
Legend has it that Romulus and Remus -- twin brothers who were also demi-gods -- founded Rome on the River Tiber in 753 B.C. Over the next eight and a half centuries, it grew from a small town of pig farmers into a vast empire that...
A&E Television
History.com: How Ancient Rome Thrived During Pax Romana
After decades of political dysfunction, civil wars and assassinations that caused the Roman Republic's downfall, Ancient Rome flourished during two centuries of relative tranquility and prosperity known as the Pax Romana (Latin for...
Forum Romanum
Outlines of Roman History: Table of Contents
The complete text of a 1901 textbook on Roman history by William C. Morey. However, the work is still useful today as if covers all the basic information about Rome from its earliest beginnings through the Republic and later the Empire.
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University of Illinois: The Early Centuries of the Greek Roman East
Read about the history of the Romiosini, or Greek Middle Ages and the development of the Greek-Roman east. The article is divided into two different sections. The first section includes the foundation of Constantinople as a means to...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: A Brief Social History of the Roman Empire
A lecture on the social history of the Roman empire.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to Ancient Rome
From a Republic to an Empire. In legend Rome was founded in 753 B.C.E. by Romulus, its first king. In 509 B.C.E. Rome became a republic ruled by the Senate (wealthy landowners and elders) and the Roman people. During the 450 years of the...
A&E Television
History.com: How Julius Caesar's Assassination Triggered the Fall of the Roman Republic
In the first weeks of 44 B.C., Caesar was proclaimed "dictator for life." His life, though, wouldn't last much longer. Fearful that the concentration of absolute power in a single man threatened the republic's democratic institutions,...
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Explore the Med: The Fall of the Roman Empire
Read here about the crumbling and unfortunate collapse of the Western Roman Empire. Developments including the Plague of Cyprian, the splitting of the empire into two parts and the invasion of barbarian people groups led to its demise.
World History Encyclopedia
World History Encyclopedia: Roman Law
Read through the history of the Roman legal system, including the sources of Roman law and its practicalities. Click on the link to the "visual timeline" and see an overview of major implementations, events, and laws as the empire and...
Steven Kreis, PhD
The History Guide: Early Roman Civilization, 753 509 Bc
A lecture on the early Roman civilization.
Choices Program, Brown University
Brown University: A Brief History of Petra
An article which gives the history of Petra considered the major city of the civilization of Nabataea located in the Middle East. The area was taken over by the Roman Empire.
Other
Appius Forum: The Hindu: Evidence of Trade With India
This article in The Hindu discusses the discovery of Roman coins in India and what this means in reference to Indian trade with the early Roman Empire.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bronze Head From a Statue of the Emperor Hadrian
Hadrian (reigned 117-138 C.E.), once a tribune in three different legions of the Roman army and commander of a legion in one of Trajan's wars, was often shown in military uniform. He was clearly keen to project the image of an ever-ready...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Galen
Learn about the man whose medical doctrine dominated the Western and Arab worlds for close to 1500 years.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: The Trial of Gaius Verres: An Account (79 Bc)
The records of the trial of Gaius (sometimes spelled Caius) Verres reveal--far better than any other extant source--the corruption of the last years of the Roman Republic. Through a series of orations and witnesses, Verres's prosecutor,...
Mother Earth Travel
Mother Earth Travel: History of Germany: Thirty Years' War, 1618 48
Travel site overview of the History of Germany and the Thirty Years' War from 1618 to 1648.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Correggio, Assumption of the Virgin
In the sacred architecture of the Roman and Byzantine empires, domes were viewed as symbols of heaven. Correggio merged this symbolism with the Renaissance's fascination for three-dimensional illusion. He transformed the dome of the...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to the Han Dynasty
The Han Dynasty is one of the great dynasties in Chinese history, encompassing nearly four hundred years of expansion and consolidation which coincided with the period of the Roman republic and empire in the West. The period is usually...