Roman Empire
By: Joanna Hendrickson
Introduction
Punic Wars
The Kings of early Rome
The early Romans kept no written records . There are only 2 existing works that give the early history of Rome.These men used inaccurate literary works for their information about early Rome. This date is probably too for the actual founding city. One example of Numa Pompilius accomplishments was supposed to be adding.
The Roman Empire
One death of Tiberius dated a century of revolution and civil wars ending in the Roman Empire. Gaius Marius was the first popular military chief who was elected consul. In the year 90 bc the Italian allies had long demanded for full Roman citizenship and rose into revolt. This fearful struggle, called the Social War, lasted 2 years and ended in the conclusion of citizenship. For the first time rome was invaded by the Roman army lead by Sulla. With revenge Sulla finally slaughtered over 5,000 of his enemies . A gladiator named Spartacus led an army of runaway slaves into a war against Rome.