Ancient Romans

Ancient Rome
Roma
753 BC–476 AD
Territories of the Roman civilization:   Roman Republic   Roman Empire   Western Roman Empire   Eastern Roman Empire
Capital		Rome
Languages		Latin
Government		Kingdom (753 BC-509 BC) Republic (509 BC- 27 BC) Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
Historical era		Ancient History
•	Founding of Rome	753 BC
•	Overthrow of Tarquin the Proud	509 BC
•	Octavian proclaimed Augustus	27 BC
•	Fall of Rome	476 AD

External video

Ancient Rome (13:47), Smarthistory at Khan Academy

Ancient Rome was an Italic civilization that began on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to become one of the largest empires in the ancient world with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world's population) and covering 5.0 million square kilometers at its height in AD 117.

In its approximately 12 centuries of existence, Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy to a classical republic and then to an increasingly empire. Through conquest and assimilation, it came to dominate Southern and Western Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa, and parts of Northern and Eastern Europe. Rome was preponderant throughout the Mediterranean region and was one of the most powerful entities of the ancient world. It is often grouped into classical antiquity together with ancient Greece, and their similar cultures and societies are known as the Greco-Roman world.