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'''Ancient Rome''' is Roman civilization 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, encompassing the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BCE), Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BCE) and Roman Empire (27 BCE–476 CE) until the fall of the western empire. The civilization began as an Italic settlement in the Italian Peninsula, traditionally dated to 753 BCE, that grew into the city of Rome and which subsequently gave its name to the empire over which it ruled and to the widespread civilization the empire developed. The civilization was led and ruled by the Romans, alternately considered an ethnic group or a nationality. The Roman Empire expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world, still ruled from the city, with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world's population at the time) and covering 5 million square kilometers (1.9 million square miles) at its height in 117 CE.
 
'''Ancient Rome''' is Roman civilization 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, encompassing the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BCE), Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BCE) and Roman Empire (27 BCE–476 CE) until the fall of the western empire. The civilization began as an Italic settlement in the Italian Peninsula, traditionally dated to 753 BCE, that grew into the city of Rome and which subsequently gave its name to the empire over which it ruled and to the widespread civilization the empire developed. The civilization was led and ruled by the Romans, alternately considered an ethnic group or a nationality. The Roman Empire expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world, still ruled from the city, with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world's population at the time) and covering 5 million square kilometers (1.9 million square miles) at its height in 117 CE.
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In its many centuries of existence, the Roman state evolved from an elective monarchy to a democratic classical republic and then to an increasingly autocratic semi-elective military dictatorship during the Empire. Through conquest, cultural, and linguistic assimilation, at its height it controlled the North African coast, Egypt, Southern Europe, and most of Western Europe, the Balkans, Crimea and much of the Middle East, including Anatolia, Levant and parts of Mesopotamia and Arabia. It is often grouped into classical antiquity together with ancient Greece, and their similar cultures and societies are known as the Greco-Roman world.
 
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Ancient Roman civilization has contributed to modern language, religion, society, technology, law, politics, government, warfare, art, literature, architecture and engineering. Rome professionalized and expanded its military and created a system of government called res publica, the inspiration for modern republics such as the United States and France. It achieved impressive technological and architectural feats, such as the construction of an extensive system of aqueducts and roads, as well as the construction of large monuments, palaces, and public facilities.
 
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The Punic Wars with Carthage were decisive in establishing Rome as a world power. In this series of wars, Rome gained control of the strategic islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily; took Hispania (modern Spain and Portugal); and destroyed the city of Carthage in 146 BCE, giving Rome supremacy in the Mediterranean. By the end of the Republic (27 BCE), Rome had conquered the lands around the Mediterranean and beyond: its domain extended from the Atlantic to Arabia and from the mouth of the Rhine to North Africa. The Roman Empire emerged with the end of the Republic and the dictatorship of Augustus. Seven-hundred and twenty-one years of Roman–Persian Wars started in 92 BCE with the first struggle against Parthia. It would become the longest conflict in human history, and have major lasting effects and consequences for both empires.
 
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Under Trajan, the Empire reached its territorial peak. It stretched from the entire Mediterranean Basin to the beaches of the North Sea in the north, to the shores of the Red and Caspian Seas in the East. Republican mores and traditions started to decline during the imperial period, with civil wars becoming a prelude common to the rise of a new emperor. Splinter states, such as the Palmyrene Empire, would temporarily divide the Empire during the crisis of the 3rd century before some stability was restored in the Tetrarchy phase of imperial rule.
 
  
 
Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the western part of the empire broke up into independent barbarian kingdoms in the 5th century. The eastern part of the empire remained a power through the Middle Ages until its fall in 1453 CE.
 
Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the western part of the empire broke up into independent barbarian kingdoms in the 5th century. The eastern part of the empire remained a power through the Middle Ages until its fall in 1453 CE.

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Ancient Rome is Roman civilization 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, encompassing the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BCE), Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BCE) and Roman Empire (27 BCE–476 CE) until the fall of the western empire. The civilization began as an Italic settlement in the Italian Peninsula, traditionally dated to 753 BCE, that grew into the city of Rome and which subsequently gave its name to the empire over which it ruled and to the widespread civilization the empire developed. The civilization was led and ruled by the Romans, alternately considered an ethnic group or a nationality. The Roman Empire expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world, still ruled from the city, with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world's population at the time) and covering 5 million square kilometers (1.9 million square miles) at its height in 117 CE.

Plagued by internal instability and attacked by various migrating peoples, the western part of the empire broke up into independent barbarian kingdoms in the 5th century. The eastern part of the empire remained a power through the Middle Ages until its fall in 1453 CE.


Book recommendations pertaining to Ancient Rome.

Book TitleAuthorPubDateReading AgeTime PeriodTime FrameGeographic AreaCountryTopicGenreFormat
Evil Roman EmperorsBarlag, Phillip2021AClassical Age616 BCE - 455 CEEuropeItalyRoman EmperorsNFB
CityMacaulay, David1983LE
MG		Classical Age300 BCE - 150 CEEuropeItalyBuildingFPB
Life as a Gladiator: An Interactive History AdventureBurgan, Michael2010MGClassical Age264 BCE - 404 CEEuropeItalyRoman GladiatorsNFCB
Hannibal: Rome's Worst NightmareBrooks, Phillip2015UMG
YA		Classical Age247-183 BCEEuropeItalyRoman LegionNF
Bio		CB
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman SoldierStewart, Dave2016LE
MG		Classical Age113 BCE - 596 CEEuropeItalyRoman LegionNFPB
The First Man in RomeMcCullough, Colleen1990AClassical Age110–100 BCEEuropeItalyRoman RepublicFN
Julius Caesar: Dictator For LifeRinaldo, Denise2010UMG
YA		Classical Age100-44 BCEEuropeItalyJulius Caesar
Roman Emperors		NF
Bio		CB
The Grass CrownMcCullough, Colleen1991AClassical Age97–86 BCEEuropeItalyRoman RepublicFN
Fortune's FavoritesMcCullough, Colleen1993AClassical Age83–69 BCEEuropeItalyRoman RepublicFN
The Ancient Ocean BluesMitchell, Jack2008UMGClassical Age80 BCEEuropeItalyJulius Caesar
Roman Emperors		FCB
Caesar's WomenMcCullough, Colleen1997AClassical Age67–59 BCEEuropeItalyRoman RepublicFN
CaesarMcCullough, Colleen1998AClassical Age54–48 BCEEuropeItalyRoman Republic
Roman Emperors		FN
The October HorseMcCullough, Colleen2002AClassical Age48–41 BCEEuropeItalyRoman RepublicFN
Antony and CleopatraMcCullough, Colleen2007AClassical Age41–27 BCEEuropeItaly
Egypt		Roman RepublicFN
You Wouldn’t Want to Be a Roman GladiatorStewart, Dave2016LE
MG		Classical Age1-100EuropeItalyRoman GladiatorsNFPB
Tiger, TigerReid Banks, Lynne1956UMG
YA		Classical Age3EuropeItalyJulius CaesarFCB
The Confessions of Young NeroGeorge, Margaret2002AClassical Age37–54EuropeItalyNero
Roman Emperors		F
Bio		N
Detectives in TogasWinterfeld, Henry1953MG
UMG		Classical Age40EuropeItalyAncient RomeFCB
Mark of the ThiefNielsen, Jennifer A.2015MG
UMG		Classical Age50EuropeItalyPraetor War
Roman Slaves		F
HF		CB
The Splendor Before the Dark: A Novel of the Emperor NeroGeorge, Margaret2018AClassical Age54–68EuropeItalyNeroF
Bio		N
Pompeii... Buried Alive!Kunhardt, Edith1987LEClassical Age79EuropeItalyVolcano
Natural Disasters		NFER
You Wouldn't Want to Live in PompeiiMalam, John2017LE
MG		Classical Age79EuropeItalyVolcano
Natural Disasters		NFPB
The Secrets of VesuviusBisel, Sara1993MG
UMG		Classical Age79EuropeItalyVolcano
Natural Disasters
Archaeology		NFPB
CB
The Thieves of OstiaLawrence, Caroline2001UMGClassical Age79EuropeItalyAncient RomeFCB
Eagle of the NinthSutcliff, Rosemary1954UMG
YA		Classical Age100EuropeItaly
Great Britain		Roman LegionFN
Roman DiaryPlatt, Richard2009MGClassical Age107EuropeItaly
Greece		Roman SlavesFCB
Galen and the Gateway to MedicineBendick, Jeanne2008UMGClassical Age129-216EuropeItalyMedicineNF
Bio		CB
24 Hours in Ancient RomeMatyszak, Philip2017YA
A		Classical Age137EuropeItalyDaily Life
Ancient Rome		NFB

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List of abbreviations:
Reading Age Genre Format
LE = lower elementary
MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.)
UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.)
YA = young adult (14+)
A = adult (18+) 		NF - non fiction
F = fiction
Bio = biography
HF = historical fantasy
AH = alternate history
OV - own voices
M = mythology
S = spine book 		PB = picture book
GN = graphic novel
ER = early reader
CB = chapter book
B = book (NF)
N = novel
M = memoir
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