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Year Date Event 402: The capital of the Western Roman Empire was moved to Ravenna. 406: 31 December: Crossing of the Rhine: A coalition of foreign tribes including the Vandals, Alans and Suebi invaded the Western Roman Empire across the Rhine. 408: 1 May: Arcadius died. 410: 24 August: Sack of Rome (410): Rome was sacked by the Visigoths under ...
Territorial development of the Roman Republic and of the Roman Empire (Animated map) The history of the Roman Empire covers the history of ancient Rome from the traditional end of the Roman Republic in 27 BC until the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in AD 476 in the West, and the Fall of Constantinople in the East in 1453.
The "Roman imperial period" in this sense would end with the reforms under Diocletian and the beginning of the Christianization of the Roman Empire. The period is roughly equivalent in span to the "Principate", the early period of Roman imperial rule from Augustus to Diocletian (r. 284–305), succeeded by the "Dominate".
The Roman Empire was one of the largest in history, with contiguous territories throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. [49] The Latin phrase imperium sine fine ("empire without end" [50]) expressed the ideology that neither time nor space limited the Empire.
Creation of the Holy Roman Empire: 1824: AD 1071: Defeat of the Eastern Romans at the Battle of Manzikert: 1957: AD 1204: Sack of Constantinople by the Crusaders 2000: AD 1247: 2,000th Anniversary of the City of Rome 2206: AD 1453: Fall of the Eastern Roman Empire: 2336 AD 1582 First year of the Gregorian calendar: 2559: AD 1806: Dissolution of ...
Historically speaking, the empire can be divided in two parts: the Western Roman Empire, which lasted until 476 A.D. (after the fall of the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus) and the Eastern Roman ...
The ancient Roman city of Pompeii was home to up to 20,000 people before it was destroyed in the 79 AD eruption, which was visible from more than 40 kilometers (25 miles) away. More than 2,000 ...
A statue of Julius Caesar in front of the Roman Forum. Credit - Getty Images “I worry far more what the judgement on me will be in a 1,000 years time than what the trolls are saying today.”