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26 de mai. de 2024 · The Roman Republic, lasting from roughly 509 to 27 BC, was a complex political system that relied on a delicate balance of power between various institutions. Central to this system were the Roman magistrates – elected officials who carried out the day-to-day governance of Rome and its territories. As a historian, studying the magistrates ...
Há 1 dia · In 27 BC the Senate made Octavian princeps ("first citizen") with proconsular imperium, thus beginning the Principate (the first epoch of Roman imperial history, usually dated from 27 BC to 284 AD), and gave him the title Augustus ("the venerated"). Although the republic stood in name, Augustus had all meaningful authority.
Há 5 dias · The third and final part deals with the Republic’s troubled last century and surveys the ill-fated Gracchan reforms; the first full-fledged breakdown of the Republican system and the Sullan reaction; the social, economic and cultural life of this period; the rise of the great dynasts; and Caesar’s temerarious attempt to establish a New Order.
25 de mai. de 2024 · The Battle of Actium: A Turning Point in Roman History. The climax of the civil war came on September 2, 31 BC, when the fleets of Octavian and Antony clashed off the coast of Actium in western Greece. Antony had assembled a massive armada of over 500 ships, but many of them were large and unwieldy, designed more for show than for combat.
26 de mai. de 2024 · The Roman Republic was one of the longest-lasting and most successful republics in world history, enduring for nearly five centuries from 509 BC to 27 BC. It developed a sophisticated system of checks and balances, with power divided between the Senate, legislative assemblies, and elected magistrates like consuls and tribunes.
25 de mai. de 2024 · The late Republic saw a series of ambitious generals, such as Pompey and Julius Caesar, who sought to expand Roman territory and secure their own political power. Caesar‘s conquest of Gaul (58-50 BCE) added a vast swath of territory to the empire, while also providing him with the military success and wealth he needed to seize control of Rome itself.
26 de mai. de 2024 · The early history of Rome was marked by the reign of a series of kings, who ruled the city from its founding until the establishment of the Roman Republic in 509 BCE. While the exact details of this period are often obscured by myth and legend, there is evidence to suggest that the Roman monarchy played a crucial role in shaping the city‘s early development.
