The History of the Roman Empire - Rise and Fall of the of Its Greatest Emperors

From Julius Caesar, Augustus and Nero to Diocletian and Constantine. The History of the Roman Empire - rise and fall of the of its greatest Emperors. The Roman Empire is the post-republican phase in the development of ancient Roman statehood, characterized by an autocratic form of government and large territorial possessions in Europe and the Mediterranean. Rome was the only state in history that owned the entire coast of the Mediterranean. The chronological framework of the existence...
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From Julius Caesar, Augustus and Nero to Diocletian and Constantine. The History of the Roman Empire - rise and fall of the of its greatest Emperors. The Roman Empire is the post-republican phase in the development of ancient Roman statehood, characterized by an autocratic form of government and large territorial possessions in Europe and the Mediterranean. Rome was the only state in history that owned the entire coast of the Mediterranean. The chronological framework of the existence of the Roman Empire covers the period from the reign of the first emperor Octavian Augustus to the division of the empire into Western and Eastern and the subsequent fall of the Western Roman empire, that is, from 27 BC on to 476. The eastern part of the Roman Empire with its center in Constantinople existed for another 977 years - until 1453.