but it weakened after numerous succession crises and foreign invasions and in the end, they weren't able to defend against people with pointy sticks. The Imperial Roman army was one of the best in Antiquity. There was a pathway to becoming a Roman citizen, but it had to be earned. It was based on heredity, property, wealth, citizenship and freedom. When Ancient Romeball conquered new lands it added millions of slaves and citizens to the empire. It despised the uncivilized barbarians outside its long borders. After defeating its biggest rival Carthageball, it became the uncontested ruler of the Mediterranean Sea and all the surrounding land. They protected its borders and kept order in its diverse society.Īncient Romeball beat most of the barbarians it encountered and incorporated them into its glorious empire. It had one of the finest, well equiped and most disciplined military forces in antiquity. Romeball was admired and feared by its enemies. There are a great many tales about their lives and actions. The most famous are Emperor Augustus and Julius Ceasar. Some were kind hearted and others ruthless and corrupt. It believed in Hellenism, the Nicene Creed, and later Chalcedonismball.

The battles were often between gladiators, animals and convicted criminals. Most gladiators were slaves and schooled under harsh conditions. Most notable are gladiator armed combat in Colloseums to entertain the Roman audiences. Romanball liked various kinds of entertainment. When Romeball conquered Ancient Greeceball it incorporated much of its culture such as art, painting, sculture, historiography, parts of its religion. Its de facto official language was Latin. It build breathtaking cities with colloseums, Roman aquaducts, amphitheatre. The cultural and technological achievements of Ancient Romeball were one of the greatest in antiquity and human history. There's a saying ' all roads lead to Rome', because the roads radiated outward from Rome into Europe. So it took months to travel from one end to the other side of Romeball. Travel was very slow on horses and carriages. The Roman Empire was the only country in history that completely controlled the Mediterranean Sea and all the coastal areas around it. It covered most of Europe, North-Africa and the Middle-East. Roman Empire spanned an incredible 5 million square kilometers at its zenith in 117 AD. The Roman Empireball was one of the largest empires in history on Earthball.

Political intrigue, tales of heroism, romance and betrayal. There are countless battles and wars that were waged. As such, Ancient Romeball was one of the longest lasting empireballs in history. The history of the Ancient Romeball spans a very long time from 753 BC to 476 AD.

The Roman Empireball, also known as the Ancient Romeball, or SPQRball, Roman Republicball (until 27 BC) and Roman Kingdomball (until 503 BC) was the mightiest Classical Age Empire in Europe and arguably the world. Roman legionnaires marching to Jerusalem

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