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Ancient Rome

Historical civilization, Mediterranean Europe, Africa and Asia (753 BC-476 AD)

In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), the Roman Republic (509‍–‍27 BC), and the Roman Empire (27 BC – 476 AD) until the fall of the western empire. Ancient Rome began as an Italic settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the River Tiber in the Italian Peninsula.

Facts
Capital
Rome 1
Population
50,000,000 1
Independence or Founding Year
753 BCE 1
Dissolution or End Year
476 1
Classification
Sovereignty Status
Historical or Dissolved State 1
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Publius Orbius

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Publius Rutilius Rufus

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Quintus Cervidius Scaevola

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Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur

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Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex

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Salvius Julianus

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Servius Sulpicius Rufus

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Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus

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Sextus Caecilius Africanus

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Sextus Pedius

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Sextus Pomponius

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Tiberius Coruncanius

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Titius Aristo

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Titus Accius

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Titus Aufidius

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Titus Juventius

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Trebatius Testa

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Ulpian

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Ulpius Marcellus (jurist)

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Vivianus (jurist)

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Boethius

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Source Boethius (Wikipedia)Lead section
Quote, Lead section
was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum
Catullus

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Cicero

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Source Cicero (Wikipedia)Lead section
Quote, Lead section
was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer
Faltonia Betitia Proba

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Source Faltonia Betitia Proba (Wikipedia)Lead [in-genre]
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was a Latin Roman Christian poet
Horace

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Source Horace (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentence
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the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus
Julius Caesar

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Source Julius Caesar (Wikipedia)Lead section
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was a Roman general, statesman, and author
Livy

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Source Livy (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentence
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was a Roman historian
Lucius Varius Rufus

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Source Lucius Varius Rufus (Wikipedia)Lead section
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was a Roman poet of the early Augustan age
Martial

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Source Martial (Wikipedia)Lead [nationality]
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was a Roman poet born in Bilbilis, Hispania (modern Spain)
Ovid

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Petronius

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Propertius

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Source Propertius (Wikipedia)Lead
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was a Latin elegiac poet of the Augustan age
Sallust

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Source Sallust (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentence
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust ( , SAL-əst; c. 86 – c. 35 BC), was a historian and politician of the Roman Republic
Seneca the Younger

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Source Seneca the Younger (Wikipedia)Lead section
Quote, Lead section
was a Stoic philosopher of Ancient Rome
Suetonius

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Source Suetonius (Wikipedia)Lead section [nationality]
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was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era
Tacitus

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Source Tacitus (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentence
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was a Roman historian and politician
Vegetius

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Source Vegetius (Wikipedia)Lead section
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was a writer of the Later Roman Empire
Virgil

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Galen

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Saint Fabiola

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Source Saint Fabiola (Wikipedia)Lead sentence
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was a physician and Roman matron
Antoninus Pius

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Source Antoninus Pius (Wikipedia)Lead, role
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was Roman emperor from AD 138 to 161
Gordian III

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Source Gordian III (Wikipedia)Lead
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was Roman emperor from 238 to 244
Julius Caesar

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Source Julius Caesar (Wikipedia)Leadtier 2
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Gaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his assassination in 44 BC.
Nerva

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Source Nerva (Wikipedia)Lead, office
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was a Roman emperor from AD 96 to 98
Tiberius Gracchus

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Source Tiberius Gracchus (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (; c. 163 – 133 BC) was a Roman politician best known for his agrarian reform law entailing the transfer of land from the Roman state and wealthy landowners to poorer citizens.
Vitellius

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Source Vitellius (Wikipedia)Lead, office, country
Quote, Lead, office, country
was Roman emperor

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Origin Of

Libum

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Source Libum (Wikipedia)Sacrificial role
Quote, Sacrificial role
libum appears to have been the most common offering of all Roman cakes
Moretum

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Puls

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Elogium

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Farce

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Metamorphoses

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Satyricon

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The Aeneid

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The Georgics

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Hermas the Freedman

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Source Hermas the Freedman (Wikipedia)lead paragraph
Quote, lead paragraph
Hermas (Greek: Ερμάς) was a freedman and Christian born in Aquileia, who lived in Ancient Rome.

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The Roman Republic Period

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Centumviral court

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Codex Gregorianus

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Codex Hermogenianus

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Codex Justinianus

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Codex Theodosianus

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Digest (Roman law)

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Edictum perpetuum

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Novellae Constitutiones

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Roman law

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Source Roman law (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph
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Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, including the legal developments spanning over a thousand years of jurisprudence, from the Twelve Tables (c. 449 BC), to the Corpus Juris Civilis (AD 529) ordered by Eastern Roman emperor Justinian I.
The Twelve Tables

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Ludus duodecim scriptorum

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Source Cyningstan Traditional Board Games: Ludus Duodecim ScriptorumLead
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this Roman game is a relative, and probably ancestor, of backgammon
Gaius Marius

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Source Gaius Marius (Wikipedia)Lead, first sentence
Quote, Lead, first sentence
was a Roman general and statesman
Publius Decius Mus (consul 340 BC)

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Source Publius Decius Mus (consul 340 BC) (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
was a Roman consul in 340 BC
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus

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Source Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
was a statesman and general of the Roman Republic during the second century BC
Roman Army

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Source Roman army (Wikipedia)Lead, country
Quote, Lead, country
served ancient Rome and the Roman people
Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus

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Source Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
a famous politician and general of the Roman Republic
Sources
1. Wikidata: Ancient Rome
  • Wikidata P1082 (population), preferred/latest rank
  • Wikidata Q1747689, class allow-list match (Q3024240 historical country)
Ancient Rome (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Quote, Lead section
It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753-509 BC), the Roman Republic (509‍-‍27 BC), and the Roman Empire (27 BC - 476 AD) until the fall of the western empire. Ancient Rome began as an Italic settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the River Tiber in the Italian Peninsula.

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