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From Seven Hills to Seven Kings: Rome Before It Was Rome

The Romans believed their city was founded in 753 BCE by Romulus, who killed his twin brother Remus in an argument about which hill to build on. They were proba…

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The Republic at War: How Conquest Created the Problems That Ended Democracy

For the first two centuries of the Republic, Rome was a regional Italian power fighting for survival. The Gauls sacked the city in 390 BCE (or 387, depending on…

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Caesar, Augustus, and the Principate: How the Republic Became an Empire Without Admitting It

Julius Caesar was not the first man to accumulate extraordinary power in Rome, and he was not the last. What made him different was the speed and the lack of pr…

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Pax Romana: The Long Peace and Its Hidden Costs

The period from Augustus's accession in 27 BCE to the death of Marcus Aurelius in 180 CE — roughly 200 years — is often called the Pax Romana, the Roman Peace…

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The Third Century: When the Economy Stopped Working

Between 235 and 284 CE, the Roman Empire saw roughly 26 emperors — most of them killed by their own troops or political rivals. Historians call this the Crisis…

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Diocletian and Constantine: The Empire That Remade Itself Twice

Diocletian is one of the most underrated figures in Roman history. He took control of a fractured, economically devastated empire in 284 CE and spent twenty yea…

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The Fall, 476 CE: Why the Western Empire Ended and What It Left Behind

On September 4, 476 CE, Odoacer, a Germanic military officer in Roman service, deposed Romulus Augustulus, a teenage emperor placed on the throne by his father…

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Why Rome Fell — The Debate Historians Have Been Having for 300 Years

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Climate and the Fall of Rome: New Evidence from Ice Cores and Tree Rings

# Climate and the Fall of Rome: New Evidence from Ice Cores and Tree Rings For centuries, historians explained the fall of the Western Roman Empire in politica…

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