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Rome is an American-British historical drama television series released in 2005–2007 and created by John Milius, William J. MacDonald, and Bruno Heller. The series is set in the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome 's transition from Republic to Empire .
Sulla's march on Rome: The consul Sulla led an army of his partisans across the pomerium into Rome. Social War (91–89 BC): The war ended. 87 BC: First Mithridatic War: Roman forces landed at Epirus. 85 BC: First Mithridatic War: A peace was agreed between Rome and Pontus under which the latter returned to its pre-war borders. 83 BC
The sack of Rome on 24 August 410 AD was undertaken by the Visigoths led by their king, Alaric. At that time, Rome was no longer the administrative capital of the Western Roman Empire , having been replaced in that position first by Mediolanum (now Milan ) in 286 and then by Ravenna in 402.
Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma, pronounced ⓘ) is the capital city of Italy.It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, and a special comune (municipality) named Comune di Roma Capitale.
Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes: Eastern influences on Rome and the papacy from Gregory the Great to Zacharias, A.D. 590–752. Lexington Books. Gregorovius, Ferdinand. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages. Fields, Nic (2007). The Roman Army of the Punic Wars 264–146 BC. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-145-8.
The Roman Empire was a polity that ruled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia and North Africa. The Romans conquered most of this territory during the Republican period and became an empire following Octavian's assumption of effective sole rule in 27 BC.
1929 - A separate country within Rome, Vatican City, is created by the Lateran Treaty. 1940 - EUR begins, and the nation enters World War II. 1943 - Bombing of Rome in World War II begins. 1944 - Rome is liberated by the Allied troops from the Germans. 1957 - Treaty of Rome; 1960 - Rome hosts the 1960 Summer Olympics, with great success.
Rome is a historical drama depicting the period of history surrounding the violent transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire; a change driven by civil warfare between radical populares and conservative optimates, the decay of political institutions, and the actions of ambitious men and women.