Introduction
Ancient Rome is the Roman Civilization founded in 8th Century BC in the ancient city of Rome. Ancient Rome succeeded the Western Roman Empire which fell in the 5th Century AD. Before it fell, the Western Roman Empire comprised of the Roman kingdom, the Roman Empire and the Roman republic. Ancient Rome simply refers to the great kingdom and the republic period which replaced the subsequent that Western Roman Empire (Adkins et al., 45).
Civilization of the Ancient Rome began in the 8th Century in a small town in central Italy. The town was located in the casts of central Italy’s River, Tiber. The town then later grew into a massive empire which constituted most of the Europe, Western Asia, Britain, North Africa and the Mediterranean islands (Carcopino, 13). The dominance of ancient Rome is known for many legacies the most common being the widespread use of the Roman languages e.g., Italian, Portuguese, French, Romanian and Spanish which were derived from Latin. There are also the modern day Roman alphabets, calendar, as well as the growth and spread of Christianity worldwide (Adkins et al., 168).
Ancient Rome remained an empire for 450 years before it became an empire under the leadership of Julius Caesar. Its first emperor Augustus inspired peace and prosperity in Rome before its fall in the 5th Century. According to the legendary myth, Ancient Rome was founded by twin brothers Romulus and Remus on 21st April in 753 BC. The brothers were born after their father, Mars, the god of war raped their mother Rhea Silvia. They were hence considered half-divine. The then King Amulius, feared the two sons would grow up and over him (Carcopino, 32). Henceforth, he ordered them to be drowned in a basket in River Tiber. However, the twins were rescued and raised by a she wolf. When they were old enough, the twin brothers...
Works Cited
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