http://en.wikisage.org/w/index.php?title=Ancient_Rome&feed=atom&action=historyAncient Rome - Revision history2024-03-29T05:00:34ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.41.0http://en.wikisage.org/w/index.php?title=Ancient_Rome&diff=10312&oldid=prevPeter jackson: /* History */2020-02-21T11:52:37Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rome is said to have had seven kings in its early days, but this could be incorrect due to the lack of historical records.<ref name="Roman kings">[https://www.penfield.edu/webpages/jgiotto/onlinetextbook.cfm?subpage=1660456 The Beginnings of Rome - Rome under the Monarchy]</ref> Rome was a republic starting in 509 BC.<ref name="Roman Republic">[https://www.rome.net/roman-republic civitatis Rome]</ref> Its period of republican government was marked by expansion; by 44 BC, the Roman Republic had control over the Italian Peninsula, Gaul (France), most of the Iberian Peninsula, some of the North African coast, Greece, some of Asia Minor (Turkey), and some of the eastern Mediterranean coast.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_Republic&oldid=900365461 Image commons]</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rome is said to have had seven kings in its early days, but this could be incorrect due to the lack of historical records.<ref name="Roman kings">[https://www.penfield.edu/webpages/jgiotto/onlinetextbook.cfm?subpage=1660456 The Beginnings of Rome - Rome under the Monarchy]</ref> Rome was a republic starting in 509 BC<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, according to the traditional chronology</ins>.<ref name="Roman Republic">[https://www.rome.net/roman-republic civitatis Rome]</ref> Its period of republican government was marked by expansion; by 44 BC, the Roman Republic had control over the Italian Peninsula, Gaul (France), most of the Iberian Peninsula, some of the North African coast, Greece, some of Asia Minor (Turkey), and some of the eastern Mediterranean coast.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roman_Republic&oldid=900365461 Image commons]</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Peter jacksonhttp://en.wikisage.org/w/index.php?title=Ancient_Rome&diff=9156&oldid=prevSelfie City: /* History */ adjust2019-06-15T13:53:34Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> adjust</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As the Common Era (AD/CE) neared, Rome moved toward its Empire, the next major phase of its history. While the Roman Republic was extremely important politically, it was during the Empire that Rome's land area became the largest.<ref name="Roman Empire">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Wikipedia]</ref> <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Beginning </del>in 27 BC,<ref name="Roman Empire" /><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Roman-Empire Britannica: Roman Empire]</ref> emperors controlled Rome. The first (and perhaps best-known of the emperors) was the long-reigning Augustus; other notable emperors included Hadrian, Constantine, and in the East in much later times, Justinian. During the Empire, Rome finally stopped expanding and instead tried to keep itself strong internally. Trajan brought the Empire to its greatest land area in the 2nd century AD.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan Wikipedia]</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As the Common Era (AD/CE) neared, Rome moved toward its Empire, the next major phase of its history. While the Roman Republic was extremely important politically, it was during the Empire that Rome's land area became the largest.<ref name="Roman Empire">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Wikipedia]</ref> <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">During the 1st century BC, Rome became an empire,<ref>[https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/ancient-rome#section_6 History.com: Ancient Rome#From Caesar to Augustus]</ref> and beginning </ins>in 27 BC,<ref name="Roman Empire" /><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Roman-Empire Britannica: Roman Empire]</ref> emperors controlled Rome. The first (and perhaps best-known of the emperors) was the long-reigning Augustus; other notable emperors included Hadrian, Constantine, and in the East in much later times, Justinian. During the Empire, Rome finally stopped expanding and instead tried to keep itself strong internally. Trajan brought the Empire to its greatest land area in the 2nd century AD.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan Wikipedia]</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As the 2nd century progressed, Rome's peak came and went; while Rome remained fairly stable in territorial extent, problems were emerging that would eventually lead to the decline of the Western Empire. Increasingly, going into the 3rd century, emperors had a difficult time getting in power and staying in power, and towards the end of the 3rd century, Rome split into three empires,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century Wikipedia]</ref><ref>[https://www.ancient.eu/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century/ Ancient History Encyclopedia: Crisis of the 3rd Century]</ref> with the true Roman Empire reduced to just Italy, Greece, some of Asia Minor and the Balkans, the Iberian Peninsula, and North Africa.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_ancient_Rome&oldid=894540170 Outline of ancient Rome Image]</ref> Finally, Diocletian and Maximian saved the Roman Empire by dividing it into two parts.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As the 2nd century progressed, Rome's peak came and went; while Rome remained fairly stable in territorial extent, problems were emerging that would eventually lead to the decline of the Western Empire. Increasingly, going into the 3rd century, emperors had a difficult time getting in power and staying in power, and towards the end of the 3rd century, Rome split into three empires,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century Wikipedia]</ref><ref>[https://www.ancient.eu/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century/ Ancient History Encyclopedia: Crisis of the 3rd Century]</ref> with the true Roman Empire reduced to just Italy, Greece, some of Asia Minor and the Balkans, the Iberian Peninsula, and North Africa.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_ancient_Rome&oldid=894540170 Outline of ancient Rome Image]</ref> Finally, Diocletian and Maximian saved the Roman Empire by dividing it into two parts.</div></td></tr>
</table>Selfie Cityhttp://en.wikisage.org/w/index.php?title=Ancient_Rome&diff=9155&oldid=prevSelfie City: /* History */ more precise date2019-06-15T13:49:26Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> more precise date</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a couple accounts that describe Rome's founding, the first being the legendary account, and the other being the more likely account. The legend is that the city was founded by Romulus <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">around 750 </del>BC, following an interesting but unbelievable childhood narrative. The more likely explanation for the city's founding is that it developed over time.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>There are a couple accounts that describe Rome's founding, the first being the legendary account, and the other being the more likely account. The legend is that the city was founded by Romulus <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">in April of 753 </ins>BC,<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"><ref>[https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rome-founded History.com: Founding of Rome]</ref> </ins>following an interesting but unbelievable childhood narrative. The more likely explanation for the city's founding is that it developed over time.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Selfie Cityhttp://en.wikisage.org/w/index.php?title=Ancient_Rome&diff=9126&oldid=prevSelfie City: link to Rome2019-06-14T19:49:02Z<p>link to <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a></p>
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</table>Selfie Cityhttp://en.wikisage.org/w/index.php?title=Ancient_Rome&diff=9123&oldid=prevSelfie City: /* Byzantine Empire */2019-06-14T19:45:26Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Byzantine Empire</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The expansion of the Roman Republic took place over a long period of time, but most of it took place from 300 BC to 0 BC.<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R%C3%B6misches_Reich&oldid=188999620 Image Nr.2 German Wikipedia]</ref> Key to Rome's expansion were the three Punic Wars (264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, and 149-146 BC respectively<ref name="Roman Republic" />), in which Carthage was not only defeated, but as Wikipedia describes it, "besieged, stormed, and completely destroyed."<ref name="Roman Republic /> Following Rome's victory over Carthage, Rome was able to capture more of the land surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, and in the process much of the eastern Mediterranean came under Roman control. However, Julius Caesar, who had been allied with Pompey and had increasingly gained control over the Roman Republic, was killed in 44 BC.<ref name="Roman Republic /></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The expansion of the Roman Republic took place over a long period of time, but most of it took place from 300 BC to 0 BC.<ref>[https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=R%C3%B6misches_Reich&oldid=188999620 Image Nr.2 German Wikipedia]</ref> Key to Rome's expansion were the three Punic Wars (264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, and 149-146 BC respectively<ref name="Roman Republic" />), in which Carthage was not only defeated, but as Wikipedia describes it, "besieged, stormed, and completely destroyed."<ref name="Roman Republic /> Following Rome's victory over Carthage, Rome was able to capture more of the land surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, and in the process much of the eastern Mediterranean came under Roman control. However, Julius Caesar, who had been allied with Pompey and had increasingly gained control over the Roman Republic, was killed in 44 BC.<ref name="Roman Republic /></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As the Common Era (AD/CE) neared, Rome moved toward its Empire, the next major phase of its history. While the Roman Republic was extremely important politically, it was during the Empire that Rome's land area became the largest.<ref name="Roman Empire">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Wikipedia]</ref> Beginning in 27 BC,<ref name="Roman Empire" /> emperors controlled Rome. The first (and perhaps best-known of the emperors) was the long-reigning Augustus; other notable emperors included Hadrian, Constantine, and in the East in much later times, Justinian. During the Empire, Rome finally stopped expanding and instead tried to keep itself strong internally. Trajan brought the Empire to its greatest land area in the 2nd century AD.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan Wikipedia]</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As the Common Era (AD/CE) neared, Rome moved toward its Empire, the next major phase of its history. While the Roman Republic was extremely important politically, it was during the Empire that Rome's land area became the largest.<ref name="Roman Empire">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire Wikipedia]</ref> Beginning in 27 BC,<ref name="Roman Empire" /<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Roman-Empire Britannica: Roman Empire]</ref</ins>> emperors controlled Rome. The first (and perhaps best-known of the emperors) was the long-reigning Augustus; other notable emperors included Hadrian, Constantine, and in the East in much later times, Justinian. During the Empire, Rome finally stopped expanding and instead tried to keep itself strong internally. Trajan brought the Empire to its greatest land area in the 2nd century AD.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan Wikipedia]</ref></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As the 2nd century progressed, Rome's peak came and went; while Rome remained fairly stable in territorial extent, problems were emerging that would eventually lead to the decline of the Western Empire. Increasingly, going into the 3rd century, emperors had a difficult time getting in power and staying in power, and towards the end of the 3rd century, Rome split into three empires,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century Wikipedia]</ref><ref>[https://www.ancient.eu/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century/ Ancient History Encyclopedia: Crisis of the 3rd Century]</ref> with the true Roman Empire reduced to just Italy, Greece, some of Asia Minor and the Balkans, the Iberian Peninsula, and North Africa.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_ancient_Rome&oldid=894540170 Outline of ancient Rome Image]</ref> Finally, Diocletian and Maximian saved the Roman Empire by dividing it into two parts.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As the 2nd century progressed, Rome's peak came and went; while Rome remained fairly stable in territorial extent, problems were emerging that would eventually lead to the decline of the Western Empire. Increasingly, going into the 3rd century, emperors had a difficult time getting in power and staying in power, and towards the end of the 3rd century, Rome split into three empires,<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century Wikipedia]</ref><ref>[https://www.ancient.eu/Crisis_of_the_Third_Century/ Ancient History Encyclopedia: Crisis of the 3rd Century]</ref> with the true Roman Empire reduced to just Italy, Greece, some of Asia Minor and the Balkans, the Iberian Peninsula, and North Africa.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Outline_of_ancient_Rome&oldid=894540170 Outline of ancient Rome Image]</ref> Finally, Diocletian and Maximian saved the Roman Empire by dividing it into two parts.</div></td></tr>
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