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The history of the civilization of Ancient Rome is probably the most studied topic, thanks to the large number of sources, both written and material. The expansion of Rome, the culture of Rome, the politics of Rome – everything is of interest to scholars and to ordinary readers.

General theoretical articles

1-bronze statuette from Arezzo, VI century BC 2-reconstruction of the Gallic reaper by Pliny, I century 3-Roman mill (general view and section)

Nature and population of ancient Italy

The population of ancient Italy was variegated. Their political and economic development also stood at different stages - from primitive tribes to policies.

The oldest history of Italy. Tsarist period. VIII-VI centuries BC.

"Capitoline wolf" (Lupa Capitolina).

The ancient history of Italy. Tsarist period

Roman Republic. VI-I centuries BC.

Etruscan buccero vase with a rooster. The second half of the VI century BC. e. Clay is dark gray, black lacquer. It is kept in the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

General characteristics of the socio-economic development of Italy in the VI-III centuries BC.

Detail of a fresco from the Etruscan necropolis in Tarquinia. IV century BC.

Ancient Rome. Period of the Republic. History and culture. (General overview)

The priest of Isis (the so-called Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus). Marble. Rome, Capitoline Museums, New Palace, Gallery.

Rome’s relations with the states and peoples of the Mediterranean in the second century BC.

Ducarius beheads the Roman general Flaminius at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. By Joseph-Noel Sylvester, 1882, Museum of Fine Arts de Beziers, France.

Rome’s struggle with Carthage for supremacy in the Mediterranean in the third century BC (1st and 2nd Punic Wars)

The Roman Empire. I-V centuries AD

Constantine the Great. Bronze. IV century AD

Dominat and the fall of the Empire III-V AD

Internal and external position of the empire before its division and fall

Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus. Cameo. 161-169.

Crisis of the third century A.D.

The time of the highest races and the beginning of the fall of the Roman Empire

Relief with the image of Mithras slaughtering a bull. Marble. II-III centuries AD.

The Empire In the I-II centuries AD

Rising crisis in the Roman Empire under Augustus' successors

Julia Domna, wife of Septimius Severus. III century AD.

Period of the reign of Augustus Octavian. History and culture

History and culture of the Roman Empire. From the principality of Augustus to the fall of Rome in the 5th century.

Reference information

Standart

Periodization and chronology of the history of Ancient Rome.

Important dates from the history of Ancient Rome.