Ancient Rome

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In modern <a href="/facts/Historiography/NVMMC3FP">historiography</a>, ancient Rome is the <a href="/facts/Roman_people/3UUhAFTy">Roman</a> civilisation from the <a href="/facts/Founding_of_Rome/BIB1jEEe">founding</a> of the Italian city of <a href="/facts/Rome/bh1Ttx3T">Rome</a> in the 8th century BC to the <a href="/facts/Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire/EjUtGSJm">collapse</a> of the <a href="/facts/Western_Roman_Empire/PkeT92o9">Western Roman Empire</a> in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the <a href="/facts/Roman_Kingdom/mTCRBulj">Roman Kingdom</a> (753–509 BC), the <a href="/facts/Roman_Republic/Han0FRLT">Roman Republic</a> (509‍–‍27 BC), and the <a href="/facts/Roman_Empire/l4E1aUuV">Roman Empire</a> (27 BC – 476 AD) until the fall of the <a href="/facts/Western_empire/PkeT92o9">western empire</a>.
Ancient Rome began as an <a href="/facts/Italic_peoples/MqnfE6ew">Italic</a> settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the <a href="/facts/River_Tiber/zbk9Wajq">River Tiber</a> in the <a href="/facts/Italian_peninsula/Gv8FNjbQ">Italian peninsula</a>. The settlement grew into the city and polity of Rome, and came to control its neighbours through a combination of treaties and military strength. It eventually controlled the Italian Peninsula, assimilating the <a href="/facts/Greece/lqHw8bTB">Greek</a> culture of southern <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a> (<a href="/facts/Magna_Graecia/XdhvdfTN">Magna Graecia</a>) and the <a href="/facts/Etruscans/yw3dmLgd">Etruscan</a> culture, and then became the dominant power in the Mediterranean region and parts of Europe. At its height it controlled the <a href="/facts/North_Africa_during_Antiquity/3a0RH1NA">North African</a> coast, <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a>, Southern Europe, and most of Western Europe, the <a href="/facts/Balkans/5Hy8ly0d">Balkans</a>, <a href="/facts/Crimea/GkM1qNVC">Crimea</a>, and much of the Middle East, including <a href="/facts/Anatolia/vMkrLrPr">Anatolia</a>, the <a href="/facts/Levant/uuJLt3Af">Levant</a>, and parts of <a href="/facts/Mesopotamia/f0mmbhTK">Mesopotamia</a> and <a href="/facts/Arabia/x1fDka2b">Arabia</a>. That empire was among the <a href="/facts/Largest_empires/zudjlgmV">largest empires</a> in the ancient world, covering around 5 million square kilometres (1.9 million square miles) in AD 117, with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants, roughly 20% of the world's population at the time. The Roman state evolved from an elective monarchy to a <a href="/facts/Classical_republic/pIAzl9zQ">classical republic</a> and then to an increasingly autocratic <a href="/facts/Military_dictatorship/HxqRW7Jr">military dictatorship</a> during the Empire.
Ancient Rome is often grouped into <a href="/facts/Classical_antiquity/JBq8vEX9">classical antiquity</a> together with <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greece/PTVBrWXq">ancient Greece</a>, and their similar cultures and societies are known as the <a href="/facts/Greco-Roman_world/17Wzn8n0">Greco-Roman world</a>. Ancient Roman civilisation has contributed to modern language, religion, society, technology, law, politics, government, warfare, art, literature, architecture, and engineering. Rome professionalised and expanded its military and created a system of government called <a href="/facts/Res_publica/NSdEfBob">res publica</a>, the inspiration for modern republics such as the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> and <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>. It achieved impressive <a href="/facts/Roman_technology/mhEB7rUJ">technological</a> and <a href="/facts/Ancient_Roman_architecture/1wtv6yFU">architectural</a> feats, such as the empire-wide construction of <a href="/facts/Roman_aqueducts/Yh4KX6tj">aqueducts</a> and <a href="/facts/Roman_roads/b7mj9ySN">roads</a>, as well as more grandiose monuments and facilities.

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