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Historian make a confusing use of the term Roman Empire. they use it to refer both to the territories Rome conquered and the period of rule by emperors which followed the fall of the Roman Republic.

The Roman Republic was brought down by a series of civil wars which tore it apart. Augustus was the final winner of these wars and established his absolute rule and became the first Roman emperor. Thus, he started the 503-year period of rule by emperors. In terms of empire as territorial conquests, the Roman Republic already had an empire. Much of Rome's imperial expansion occurred during the Republic.

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