Ancient Rome exercises a powerful grip on the imagination of modern man. It was a sophisticated and powerful civilization, which has had a profound influence on all later Western societies.
Roman civilization
The Roman Empire: Government and Society
Timeline 31 BCE – the Battle of Actium leaves Octavian as the master of the Roman world 27 BCE – Augustus establishes himself as the first of the Roman emperors 6 CE – a Roman army is destroyed at the Battle of the Teutenborg Forest 14 – Tiberius succeeds Augustus as emperor, the first transmission […]