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Extent of the Roman Empire in 117 ce
Glimpse remnants of the Roman Empire in the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Via Appia
The rise and fall of the Roman Empire
statue of the Roman emperor Augustus
How Constantine the Great changed Rome forever
Learn about the magnificent infrastructural work of imperial Rome, especially Roman masonry
Colosseum Pont du Gard, Nîmes, France
Hannibal's daring strategy against Rome explained
The dramatic birth of the Roman Empire
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Date 27 BCE - 476

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Extent of the Roman Empire in 117 ce
statue of the Roman emperor Augustus
Colosseum
Pont du Gard, Nîmes, France
Glimpse remnants of the Roman Empire in the Colosseum, Roman Forum, and Via Appia
The rise and fall of the Roman Empire
How Constantine the Great changed Rome forever
Learn about the magnificent infrastructural work of imperial Rome, especially Roman masonry
Hannibal's daring strategy against Rome explained
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Hermannsdenkmal, Teutoburg Forest, Germany
Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Parthenon frieze with Poseidon, Apollo, and Artemis
Classical antiquity
Battle of Mursa
Antoninus Pius
Antonines
Augustus from Prima Porta
Pax Romana

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Switzerland
Switzerland
Syria
Syria
England
England
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Belgium
Belgium
Spain
Spain
Egypt
Egypt
Ukraine
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Key People

Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Constantine I
Constantine I
Roman emperor
Tiberius
Tiberius
Roman emperor
Hadrian
Hadrian
Roman emperor
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Tacitus
Tacitus
Roman historian
Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon
British historian
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
emperor of Rome
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Nero
Nero
Roman emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Theodor Mommsen.
Theodor Mommsen
German historian, philologist, and legal scholar
Claudius I
Claudius
Roman emperor
Julian the Apostate, detail of a marble statue; in the Louvre, Paris.
Julian
Roman emperor
Caracalla
Caracalla
Roman emperor
Detail of a marble bust of Domitian, in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Domitian
Roman emperor
Gaius Maecenas, marble bust; in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Gaius Maecenas
Roman diplomat and patron
Septimius
Septimius Severus
Roman emperor
Aurelian
Aurelian
Roman emperor

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