Ancient Rome: The First King Of Rome

Romans were a civilization that originated after the Greek culture. They, like Greeks, saw an extreme significance in the idea of a love for one’s country and loyalty. The Romans, however, were more concerned with public affairs such as education, sanitation, and health. They held a strong connection with their ancestors and wished to imitate what the ancient Romans did. Although Romans rejected the idea of a Rex, or king, they favored the common hero. They wanted a leader who a “regular Joe”, someone who was average and could still led an average life after doing extraordinary things. The Romans also had a very defined government that was broken into consuls, senate, and assembly. There were two consuls who served in place of the king as the leaders of the Roman Empire. Next in succession was the senate, comprised only of patricians who debated and passed legislation. Finally, there was the assembly made for the plebeians to approve laws.

The story of ancient Rome is a tale of how a small community of shepherds in the central Italy grew to become one of the greatest empires in history, and then collapsed. According to Roman legend. Rome was founded in 753 B.C. By 275 B.C., it controlled most of the Italian Peninsula. In the A.D. 100’s, the Roman Empire covered about half of Europe, much of the Middle East, and the northern coast of Africa. The empire then began to crumble, party because it was too big for Rome to govern.

The video called Ancient Rome – The Rise and Fall of an Empire “Revolution”, is a documentary that has many series and the first one I began with was featuring the story of Tiberius Gracchus. He is the son of Tiberius Gracchus the Elder and his mother was Cornelia Africana. In the beginning of the video it begins with show Tiberius Gracchus the Elder at his death ceremony he looked ill and quite pale with white foggy eyes with flies flying around him and Rome did a ceremony of his death. Before him was Gracchus sitting in a throne like chair and there were five dancers wearing a molded mask of Tiberius Gracchus the Elder’s face, like studied in class. It was just a big ceremony to remember him, speeches were given and then the cremation of

When Pompey returned to Rome he formed an alliance with Julius Caesar known as the first triumvirate (Ancient Rome and the Rise of Christianity, 1000 BCE–500 CE,). He received three wealthy provinces in Gaul in 58 B.C.E (Ancient Rome). He then went out and attempted to gain control of the rest of the region for Rome. We all know that he successfully did that because of how far the Roman empire spread and how big it was. He declared himself dictator for life. After Pompey’s wife Julia who was Caesar's daughter died in 54 B.C. and Crassus was killed in battle against Parthia the following year, the triumvirate was broken (Ancient Rome). He died after being stabbed by his political rivals (Ancient Rome). Julius is remembered as one of the greatest military minds in history and he created the foundation for the Roman Empire. Another great leader was Augustus, he was a very important Roman emperor. Augustus led the change from a republic to a empire right after Julius Caesar (Anderson 47). He contributed by creating a strong military, created important architecture and created laws. He also laid the foundations of the Pax Romana which was Roman Peace that lasted for 200 years (Anderson 47). These two dictators and emperors are the ones who turned Rome into what it was. These guys set everything up and the other leaders

Beginning in the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome grew from a small town in the center of Italy near the Tiber River into an empire that, at its peak, defeated and conquered most of continental Europe, Britain, western Asia, northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands. From the start, the Romans showed a talent for borrowing and improving upon the skills and concepts of other cultures.The Kingdom of Rome grew rapidly from a trading town to a prosperous city between the 8th and 6th centuries BCE. Among the many expansions of the Roman empire, they started to gain dominance over other well-known practices and were able to widespread the Romance languages derived from Latin, the modern Western alphabet and calendar, and the emergence of Christianity

A Roman Emperor was deemed the supreme leader that held absolute power, and was considered a God in the eyes of the citizens. They had control over absolutely everything and everyone as a Roman Emperor. (Roman Emperor 4) Before Rome was a made into a empire, it was a republic. A republic ruled by different branches in the government.

Tarquin, the fifth king of rome from 535 to 509 b.c. was known for being one of the craziest and most savage kings of roman history and had also later been overthrown in 509 b.c. I believe we can all relate to tarquin in some way shape or form. We all are crazy in some way as we believe that there is this giant being in the sky somewhere out there that controls this world and works everything that goes on in it. Tarquin was this was this way in how he ruled all of rome (although he was a little more brutal than we are). A good example of this is in his early rule, he gathered all the latin town leaders together and held a meeting with them over relationships with rome. One of the latin leaders didn’t trust tarquin and told his fellow leaders

In 28AD, when Julia was 13 years old, she was betrothed to Domitius Ahenobarbus and later married him. Her marriage was arranged by Tiberius who was the Emperor of Rome and head of the imperial household at the time. In December, 37AD, Julia gave birth to her first son who was to be the future Emperor. Her son's name was Nero. Tiberius died later in the same year Nero was born and Julia’s brother Claudius took to the throne. In 39AD, Julia, Livilla, and their cousin were involved in a plot to murder Caligula and make Lepidus, Drusilla's widower, the new Emperor but the there plot did not work resulting in failure. Caligula had Lepidus executed as he did not want him as a threat and later made sure that Julia and Livilla were exiled to Pandateria which is now a part of the Pontine Islands. In 41AD,

Additionally, political influence and wealth shifted to the Senate. The Senate made decisions on policies, regulations and, Rome’s military operations. Therefore, Roman citizens quickly came to accept their authority on matters of the state. Moreover, The prospects of profiting from war resulted in bribery and competition for high offices. Jugurtha, the Numidian evaded captivity by positioning some of his own men

Throughout the Roman Empire and Early Middle Ages countless rulers existed who have captivated the interest of many historians. These compelling leaders led the way to change and progress with new building reforms and art that is still acknowledged as revolutionary today. Three of the fascinating rulers who captivated the interests of historians are Augustus, Nero, and Justinian. During each of their reigns, these rulers inspired new law codes, economic reforms, artistic innovations, and religious reform. While each ruler possessed unique skills and beliefs, each emperor had similarities in how they came to power. Art flourished and building forms renovated the various cities in The Roman Empire and Early Middle East under the reign of Augustus, Nero, and Justinian.

Augustus’ successors were as interested in peace and economic stability as he. For this reason they continued to follow in his footsteps. From 96 to 180 A.D., Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius ruled Rome bringing prosperity and keeping the peace (Nardo, 37). Their rule was so great that they would later be known as the “five good emperors”.

Every country was first born through the discovery of new lands, then the battles of power and dominance, learned experience from failed mistakes and the skill of compromise to keep peace with its inhabitants. While a ruling king may have been necessary for times in early Mesopotamia or ancient Egypt, we see the Roman Kingdom begin its painful growth of expelling its kingpin and slowly developing into a republic. It created government offices such as the tribune of the people and the censorship in a struggle to remain in control, but in the end, the people fought for their rights.

became the protector of the Roman people. His backbone of his power was his army but

Today the most powerful ruler Rome has ever encountered was born, July 13, 100 BC, Rome Italy. His name was Julius Caesar, unfortunately he had so much power and influence in the people of Rome that his own friends who were Cinna, Cassius, Ligarius, Decius, Metellus, Casca, and Brutus, the great conspirator, were paranoid that Caesar would betray them for his own personal amusement and take all their luxuries and force them as slaves. Caesar was cocky he had to present himself as a great, brave, fearless ruler, he didn't want anybody to cross him, or try to manipulate him. His friends didn't want Caesar to have absolute power. His own army soldiers disliked Caesar, they removed the decorations that were on his statue.

Let’s fast forward to six hundred B.C when the Etruscan kings took over Rome and ruled the Latins (Romans). The king of Rome at that time had temples, public places and the famous Forum built which was the center of politics. The people of Rome seemed satisfied with the King Tarquin’s new improvements to their city until they saw his true colors of a power hungry ruler. What set the Romans off about his rule was that he made the mistake of letting his son use a Roman woman in an inappropriate way. King Tarquin was overthrown in five hundred and nine B.C due to his subjects rage. The Romans vowed from that day forward that they would never be ruled by a