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⭐ Core Definition: History of ancient Rome

The history of Rome includes the history of the city of Rome as well as the civilisation of ancient Rome. Roman history has been influential on the modern world, especially in the history of the Catholic Church, and Roman law has influenced many modern legal systems. Roman history can be divided into the following periods:

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History of ancient Rome in the context of History of the Roman Empire

The history of the Roman Empire covers the history of ancient Rome from the traditional end of the Roman Republic in 27 BC until the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in AD 476 in the West, and the Fall of Constantinople in the East in 1453. Ancient Rome became a territorial empire while still a republic but was then ruled by emperors, beginning with Octavian Augustus, the final victor of the republican civil wars.

Rome had begun expanding shortly after the founding of the Republic in the 6th century BC, though it did not expand outside the Italian Peninsula until the 3rd century BC, during the Punic Wars, after which the Republic expanded across the Mediterranean. Civil war engulfed Rome in the mid-1st century BC, first between Julius Caesar and Pompey, and finally between Octavian (Caesar's grand-nephew) and Mark Antony. Antony was defeated at the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, leading to the annexation of Egypt. In 27 BC, the Senate gave Octavian the titles of Augustus ("venerated") and Princeps ("foremost"), thus beginning the Principate, the first epoch of Roman imperial history. Augustus' name was inherited by his successors, as well as his title of Imperator ("commander"), from which the term "emperor" is derived. Early emperors avoided any association with the ancient kings of Rome, instead presenting themselves as leaders of the Republic.

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History of ancient Rome in the context of Epitome of Livy

The History of Rome, perhaps originally titled Annales, and frequently referred to as Ab Urbe Condita (English: From the Founding of the City), is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius, better known in English as "Livy". The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of Aeneas and the refugees from the fall of Troy, to the city's founding in 753 BC, the expulsion of the Kings in 509 BC, and down to Livy's own time, during the reign of the emperor Augustus. The last event covered by Livy is the death of Drusus in 9 BC. 35 of 142 books, about a quarter of the work, are still extant. The surviving books deal with the events down to 293 BC (books 1–10), and from 219 to 166 BC (books 21–45).

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History of ancient Rome in the context of Cassius Dio

Lucius Cassius Dio (c. 165 – c. 235), also known as Dio Cassius (Ancient Greek: Δίων Κάσσιος Dion Kassios), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin. He published 80 volumes of the history of ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the subsequent founding of Rome (753 BC), the formation of the Republic (509 BC), and the creation of the Empire (27 BC) up until 229 AD, during the reign of Severus Alexander. Written in Koine Greek over 22 years, Dio's work covers approximately 1,000 years of history.

Many of his books have survived intact, alongside summaries edited by later authors such as Xiphilinus, a Byzantine monk of the 11th century, and Zonaras, a Byzantine chronicler of the 12th century.

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← History of the Roman Empire ← Epitome of Livy ← Cassius Dio ← Ab urbe condita (Livy) ← Ab Urbe Condita Libri ← Ab Urbe condita (book) ← Ab Urbe Condita (book) ← Ab urbe condita libri ← Ab urbe condita libri (Livy) ← Dio Cassius
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Canaletto → Rome → Ancient Rome → History of the Catholic Church → Roman law → Legal systems → Romulus and Remus → Etruscan civilization → Roman Kingdom → Roman Republic → Latium → Punic Wars → Mediterranean Sea → Carthage → Roman Empire → Julius Caesar → Final War of the Roman Republic → Octavian → Mark Antony → Collapse of the Western Roman Empire → Eastern Roman Empire → Duchy of Rome → Medieval Rome → Papal States → Papacy → Holy Roman Empire → Saeculum obscurum → East–West Schism → Investiture Controversy → High Middle Ages → Avignon Papacy → Western Schism → List of ancient monuments in Rome → Roman Renaissance → Florence → Sack of Rome (1527) → Counter-Reformation → Early modern period → Napoleon → First French Empire → Allied invasion of Italy → Bombing of Rome in World War II → Open city → History of the Italian Republic → List of cities in Italy → Largest urban areas of the European Union → Global city →