Front Page Authors (by Period) Ancient Rome

Period: Ancient Rome

The Ancient Roman Period lasted from the Republic, the formation of the Empire under Caesar Augustus, the early Christian period, and up to the fall of the Roman Empire. The major historical events and intellectual movements of that time, which influenced the development of liberty, include the following:

• the Civil Wars which destroyed the Roman Republic and led to the formation of the Empire under Julius Caesar and then Caesar Augustus
• the growth in the power of the Roman state through imperialism and militarism
• the codification of Roman law
• the development of Christianity first in the Middle East and then later throughout the Roman world
• the flowering of Roman and Greek philosophy with Stoicism and neoplatonism

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