roman empire

The Romans have had almost every type of government there is. They've had a kingdom, a republic, a dictatorship, and an empire. Their democracy would be the basis for most modern democracies. The people have always been involved with and loved their government, no matter what kind it was. They loved being involved in the government, and making decisions concerning everyone. In general, the Romans were very power-hungry. This might be explained by the myth that they are descended from Romulus, who's father was Mars, the god of war. Their government loving tendencies have caused many, many civil wars. After type of government, the change has been made with a civil war. There have also been many civil wars between rulers. But it all boils

down to wanting to be involved in government.

When the Greeks finally entered Troy after ten long years of siege, a man named Aeneas escaped the city with his father, Anchises, and his son, Ascanius. They went to Mt. Ida, where they were to meet Aeneas' wife, Creusa, but she never showed up. Saddened, Aeneas acquired a boat and sailed around the Mediterranean. He bounced around from Asia Minor to Greece to Crete looking for a place to found a new Troy, but he couldn't find a satisfactory plac

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Surprisingly, the two armies listened and put down their weapons. As king, he paid absolutely no attention to what the people wanted. His reign was non-eventful, and he retired after plots against him were turned up. They were unique in that their language had no relation to any other known language, the only one like that. And build walled cities for them; the third summer Shall see him rule in Latium, the third winter Of warfare see the Rutulians [an Italian tribe] subdued. The new emperor, Honorius, cut Alaric off from Rome, which he resented deeply. He ran the Empire as a monarchy, although it was disguised as a Republic. When Amulius found out about the twins, he was furious. Once king he had to keep the pax deorum, Latin for peace of the gods. Being a brand new city, it had very few people. While Caesar was away in Britain, the senators tried to pit him against Pompey by naming Caesar a public enemy and Pompey protector of the state. In 23 BC, Octavian gave up the consulate, but the senate forced himto keep power over the provinces.

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