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In the early republic the senate dominated the government. There were two different groups of the senate. the plebians who were comon people and the patricians or wealthy. the patricians had more power than the plebians because of their wealth. They controled the army, government and religion
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Julius Cesar forces the roman senate to make him dictator. The senate was forced to assassanate him because of his gain in power.
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Octavian and Marc Antony struggle for power.
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Marc Antony marries Cleopatra and later kills himself because of her death. Octavian maintains control.
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Agustus Cesar created the Pax Romana which was a peace document. The econmy and military was excellent and peace was restored. he ruled from 161-180
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On the 19th of July 64 C.E, Nero the 5th emperor of the Roman Empire set fire to Rome and blamed the christians.
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Diocletian was a strong emperor who worked to stengthen rome. He Appointed a co emperor and divided the empire into east and west.He doubled the army size too. His power ended in 305 C.E
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Constantine ruled from 306-337 C.E. He fought for rule of the empire aginst Lycines and won because of a sign from the christian god. In 313 the Edict of Milan was created granting freedom of religion. He moved the captial from rome to constantinople.
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The roman empire collapsed after constantine's death in 421 C.E
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Commodus, successor of his father Marcus Aurelius ruled from 180-192 C.E. he had many problems with the empire like he had weak court rulers, a mercenary army, and many economic problems.He was assinated in 192 C.E
