History of Rome

The history of the ancient roman civilization to the fall of the Roman empire covers a period of over 1,200 years. The Roman civilization had humble beginnings as a small territory near the Tiber River but grew to expand areas of 2,500,000 square miles at its peak. Since Rome still exists today, one could argue that it never fell and that it only adapted to or became so immersed into the culture and politics of the regions it conquered that they became one. Nevertheless, if the demise of the roman civilization is measured by territory size, than the beginning of the end started with the split of the empire into two territories, the eastern and western empires. Ironically, Julius Caesar once said "Divide et impera" which is Latin for "Divide and Conquer", which sets the frame work for how the division of the empire lead to the end of the Roman Civilization.

The evolution of the government of Ancient roman civilization from its origins through the fall of the Roman empire can be categorized into 3 states. The first state was the Roman Kingdom which was governed by a monarchy, where the kings had absolute and sole power. The second state was the Roman Republic, which was governed by a republic where citizens elected representatives to rule. The third and final state was the Roman Empire which was governed by autocracy, there were still two branches of government the Senate and the Emperor but the Emperor had total power. When Emperor Diocletian ruled during the third century he appointed Maximum as co-emperor to rule the west, which essentially started the fall of the Roman Empire.

Rome was first ruled by seven kings and several were Etruscans. The Etruscans had the greatest influence on the Romans including things like fashion. T...

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...r he also built the Pantheon, Antoninus Pius Promoted are and science, and finally Marcus Aurelius the last emperor of the Pax Romana Economic and legal reforms. The bad emperors included Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. They are all known as the bad emperors because there all murderers, rapist and evil people. The last emperor was Diocletian who divided the empire into West and East, the western empire spoke Latin and the eastern Greek.

There were many contributing factors to the fall of Rome including high inflation, high military costs, break down in military discipline, moral decay and people lost faith in the Roman government, and Barbarian invasion. Following these events Rome was split into 2 empires which made it susceptible to foreign invasion. In conclusion the division of the empire was the primary reason that Rome fell from its previous glory.