The Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the period of the ancient Roman society. Their form of government was Roman Republic. The Roman civilization was located around the Mediterranean in Europe, Africa, and Asia. The first emperor of Rome was Augustus. He established a strong military. There were two different societies in the Roman Empire, the East and the West. The Eastern people spoke Latin, and the Western people spoke Greek. Domitian was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty. He was born on October 24, 51 AD. He surrounded himself with spies and informers, and put to death the noblest men of his time. Domitian was notorious for his cruelty. He tortured many people. He was assassinated on September 18, 96 AD. With the murder of Domitian there was no member of the Flavian house, much less one form the Julio-Claudian, left to succeed him. For once there was no ambitious general at the gates, and the senate could execute its constitutional authority. Constantine was Roman Emperor from 306 to 337. Constantine is best known for being the first Christian Roman Emperor. He established the great Constantinople. It was situated so it could control trade between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. This meant it practically controlled global trade. This city later becomes Istanbul of Turkey. He helped Christians by favoring them, giving lots of money to the church, and rebuilding the churches that were lost in the great persecution. Constantine died in 22 May, 337 at Nicomedia. At Constantine's death at Nicomedia in AD 337, three sons and two of his nephews were destined by the late emperor to succeed him. Though two of those sons were absent from Nicomedia, they became in the emperors. They divided the empire between the three of them. Rome fell because a combination of such factors as Christianity, decadence, leads, monetary trouble, and military problems caused the Fall of Rome. Later after that, The Rise of Islam began.