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People known as Latins founded Rome. They came from the region of Italy called Latium. This was Rome first set. (<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P260)
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The Romans rebelled against a brutal tyrant that came from a people , the Etruscans, which conquered Rome around 600 BC. This meant that the Republic Rome has been first established(<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P260)
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Plebeians gained the right to form an assembly and elect legislative representatives called tribunes. This made the Rome even more public , though there existed a sever requirement. (<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P261)
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This were bronze tablets that said on the rights and responsibilities of Roman citizens. At this time, only adult male landowners born in Rome were citizens. The sever law actually made Rome not that "Republic" .(<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P261)
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Rome controlled most of the land around the Mediterranean. The Republic Rome now was really a great country, controlling a lot of power.(<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P261)
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War erupted between the patricians and plebeians, since the constantly increasing tension between them. This is a symbol of the ending of the Republic Rome. (<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P262)
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After years of war, a general maned Julius Caesar rose to power and became the sole ruler of Rome. (<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P262)
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Caesar started projects to help the poor and tried to re-establish order in Rome but he developed powerful enemies and a small group of senators stabbed him to death. This contributed the later history and powerful of the Roman Empire and Octavian Caesar.(<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P262)
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Octavian fought in the long, internal war for power that followed Caesar's death. Octavian won, calling himself Augustus, and became the emperor. Octavian Caesar ended the civil war and created a relatively peace period of time of the Roman Empire.(<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P262)
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Rome had series of poor rulers at this time while German Tribes began invading the empire from the north. During this period, the Roman Empire started to decline. (<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P262)
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The Roman Empire began to decline after being the most powerful empire in the world for 500 years. (<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P262)
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Emperor Constantine moved the capital of the weakened empire from Rome to Byzantium. This actually contributed to the later separation of the Roman Empire. (<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P262)
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The empire was divided into an East Empire and a West Empire. This indicated the drastically decreasing power of the whole Roman Empire. (<National Geographic World Cultures and Geography> P262)
