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The term Pax Romana, which literally means Roman peace,refers to the time period from 27 B.C. to 180 in the Roman Empire.This 200 year period saw unprecedented peace and economic prosperity throughout the Empire, which spanned from England in the north to Morocco in the south and Iraq in the east.
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After the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 bc his heir Octavian along with Mark Antony and Marcus Lepidus were designated by the Senate as the Second Triumvirate.At first, they worked together to defeat their opposition then they fought amongst themselves.
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In 44 B.C Julius caesar was assassinated in the Roman Senate by a group of Senators who feared he had become an all-powerful dictator.William Shakespeare immortalized the event in his tragedy Julius Caesar.
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Triumvirate means 3 men and refers to a group of three men who hold political power, regardless of whether or not the trio has been elected.
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began in 264 B.C. and ending with the destruction of Carthage in 146 B.C.By the time the First Punic War broke out, Rome had become the dominant power throughout the Italian peninsula.
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It came out of a two-man summit meeting in the northern Italian city of Milan in 313 B.C.The two men were the Roman emperors Constantine ruling the West and Licinius the East.
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When his father was made caesar, Constantine was left at the court of the emperor Diocletian, where he was under the watchful eye of Galerius, who was caesar with Constantius. When Diocletian and Maximian resigned in 305, Constantius and Galerius became emperors.
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Rome was founded in 753 B.C.The Trojan prince Aeneas, an important figure linking the Romans with the Trojans, is sometimes credited with the founding of Rome.
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Social War, also called Italic War, or Marsic War, rebellion waged by ancient Rome’s Italian allies who, denied the Roman franchise, fought for independence.
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The Roman Emperor Diocletian came to power in 284 AD. He was an army general with a repressive disdain of his subjects. Diocletian ran his government as a general runs an army, giving orders and expecting them to be carried out.
