In the year 31 BC a new power was beginning to emerge into the Mediterranean world power. This new power was the Roman Empire. This power would eventually take control of most of the surroundings around the Mediterranean Sea. The Roman Empire was one of the biggest European empires. It started out as a cluster of villages, and grew into an entire empire. All good things come to an end, as did the Roman Empire. It eventually collapsed, ending the control of the Roman Empire.

In 509BC The Romans drove out their hated Etruscan King. This date is traditionally considered the founding of the Roman State. Rome had already grown from a cluster of villages into a small city by this time. The Romans were determined to never again be ruled by a monarch, so they set up a new government in which the officials were chosen directly by the people. It was a thing of the people or a republic as it was called. The Romans thought this would keep an individual from gaining too much power. Romans later looked back wi

Esler, Anthony and Elisabeth Gaynor Ellis, World History Connections to Today, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 1999

History, Appleton, Century, Crofts 1933

History, Appleton-Century-Crofts 1933

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