Main articles:Military history of ancient Rome,Roman military,Structural history of the Roman military,Roman armyandRoman navy The early Roman army (c. 500 BC) was, like those of other contemporarycit ...
Main articles:Roman ConstitutionandHistory of the Roman Constitution Initially, Rome was ruled bykings, who were elected from each of Rome's major tribes in turn.The exact nature of the king's power i ...
Main article:Fall of the Western Roman Empire In the late 4th and 5th centuries the Western Empire entered a critical stage which terminated with the fall of the Western Roman Empire.Under the last of ...
Historiography Main article:Roman historiographyRome has a very rich history, which was explored by many authors, both ancient and modern. The first history works were written after the First Punic Wa ...
Main articles:Roman agriculture,Roman commerce,Roman financeand Roman currency Ancient Rome commanded a vast area of land, with tremendous natural and human resources. As such, Rome's economy remained ...
Main article:Roman law The roots of the legal principles and practices of theancient Romansmay be traced to theLaw of the Twelve Tablespromulgated in 449 BC and to the codification of law issued by or ...
Education Main article:Roman schoolIn the early Republic, there were no public schools, so boys were taught to read and write by their parents, or by educatedslaves, calledpaedagogi, usually of Greek ...
Main articles:Social class in ancient RomeandStatus in Roman legal system Roman society is largely viewed ashierarchical, withslaves(servi) at the bottom,freedmen(liberti) above them, and free-born ci ...
Main article:Roman historiography Rome has a very rich history, which was explored by many authors, both ancient and modern. The first history works were written after the First Punic War. Many of the ...
Main article:Fall of the Western Roman Empire In the late 4th and 5th centuries the Western Empire entered a critical stage which terminated with the fall of the Western Roman Empire.Under the last of ...
Main article:Roman Empire Diocletian In 284 AD, Diocletian was hailed as Imperator by the eastern legions. Diocletian healed the empire from the crisis, by political and economic shifts. A new form of ...
Template:Main:Crisis of the Third Century A disastrous scenario emerged after the death of Alexander Severus: the Roman state was plagued by civil wars, externalinvasions, political chaos,pandemicsand ...
Severan dynasty Commodus was killed by a conspiracy involvingQuintus Aemilius Laetusand his wife Marcia in late 192 AD. The following year is known as theYear of the Five Emperors.Pertinax,Didius Juli ...
A disastrous scenario emerged after the death ofAlexander Severus: the Roman state was plagued by civil wars, externalinvasions, political chaos,pandemicsandeconomic depression.The old Roman values ha ...
Commodus was killed by a conspiracy involvingQuintus Aemilius Laetusand his wife Marcia in late 192 AD. The following year is known as theYear of the Five Emperors.Pertinax,Didius Julianus,Pescennius ...
