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The '''Roman Empire''' (Imperium Romanum) was a civilization which was based out of the Italian City of Rome. It was notable for unifying the Mediterranean under their rule and being one of the most advanced civilizations on the planet.

== Roman History 101 ==
=== The Early days ===
According to the Legends, Rome was founded in 753 BCE. What is more well established is that Rome used to be one of several city states in Italy ruled by a King. Eventually the Romans got fed up with monarchy and did away with their kings, becoming a Republic. At the top of Rome were Patricians, wealthy landowners who could run for senate if they served in the arms. That army had a lot to do because the Romans ended up conquering their rivals one by one. Each new conquest giving them manpower and money to conquer more city states. Underneath them were the Plebians, who were regular citizens who did not own much land but still had civil right and eventually managed to get the Patricians to give them their own council. Eventually they eliminated their rivals and got most of Italy under their control, even if they had to put up with unwashed gauls rampaging through their northern frontier.

=== The Punic Wars ===
Meanwhile, in what's now Libya there was another power on the rise, a city called Carthage. The Carthaginians were good traders and spent their money on Mercenaries, which they used to conquer an empire of their own.
=== The Height Republic ===

=== The Rise of the Empire ==

=== Fall from Greatness ===

=== Byzantium ===


== Romans at War ==
Long story short, you don't get an Empire which reached from Iraq to Portugal without being good at fighting and the Romans were good at that.
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