Crash Course: Classical Roman Empire
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"...Maybe Rome became an empire before it had an emperor. Like, remember the Persian Empire? You’ll recall that empire had some characteristics that made it, imperial. Like a unified system of government, continual military expansion, and a diversity of subject peoples. The Roman empire had all three of those characteristics long before it became The Roman Empire. Like Rome started out as a city, and then it became a city state, then a kingdom, and then a Republic, but that entire time, it was basically comprised of the area around Rome...."
Guided Viewing Questions
- Describe the constitutional structure (organization) of the Roman Republic.
- Why did the Roman Republic fail?
- Why does Green argue that Rome became an empire long before Julius Caesar?