What is the history of Rome?

Answer 1

the ancient history of rome is complex. it supposedly started out with Aeneas of troy traveling to Italy and starting a city near the banks of the Tiber River called Lavinium. as time went on it became the centre of the Roman Monarchy ruled by the Etruscans of northern Italy. 15 generations after Aeneas King Amulius usurped the throne from his brother Numitor. Numitors daughter "supposedly" was impregnated by the god mars and gave birth to Romulus and Remus. story goes that after being left to die by Amulius, both Romulus and remus are found and raised by a she-wolf. (interestingly the latin word for she-wolf also translates for prostitute) the twins are then discovered by a shepherd and raised by him. as young men they raise an army and defeat Amulius and establish rome on the banks of the Tiber in 753BCE. romulus then kills remus in a fight and becomes king of rome. the roman monarchy lasts until 510 BCE in which a revolution occurs and rome becomes a republic. this republic starts to fall into decline at roughly 140BCE with the Gracchi brothers trying to cause reforms for the plebians (lower class) whilst gaining positions in the senate (ruling Government) through the office of Tribune (magistracy in senate) after their death Marius causes upraor in the senate after holding 7 consecutive consulships (consul is the head of the senate) causing a civil war against Sulla. after sulla defeats marius he becomes dictator and establishes new rules in senate regulating the length of time between holding each magistracy and how you achieve a magistracy. after re-establishing new laws he then dies. Pompey then goes against Sulla's laws and breaks down the strength of the senate by indirectly threatening them with his army so as to gain AUCTORITAS (meaning give him greater influence over the other senators) Pompey then gains the consulship in the incorrect manner according to sulla's Laws. after defeating Mithradates (King of Pontus and Bythinia, asiaminor under the black sea) and The pirates pompey is murdered by his rivals. Caesar an ally of pompey's to an extent starts gaining auctoritas and eventually installs himself as dictator. after his murder at the hands of Brutus his friend, Octavian his hier and his friend Mark Antony murder caesars assassins. Octavian and Mark Antony then lead a civil war against each other in which octavian wins and is crowned Emperor and is named Augustus in 30 BCE. this all happens over a very long time as you can see. this line of emperors continues until Nero's death and is taken up by a new emperor called vespasian this flavian line continues until the barbarians and the goths overun them a couple hundred years later.

this answer is missing a number of dates but some of your own research should fill in the gaps. enjoy. you should also note that the story of aeneas and romulus and remus was made up by the roman writer Vergil at the command Of Augustus in order to show the Greeks that they to had historical links to the archaic bronze age of heroes such as Hecktor, Achilles, Paris and Odyseeus to