commodus the last of this dynasty was assassinated by a gladiator named narcissus
beginning you guessed it yet another succession crisis
the severan dynasty would usher in a period called the crisis of the third century where
the number one cause of death for roman emperors became assassination not exactly a recipe for
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membership romulus and remus warrior twins from the latin tribe founded a city on seven hills
enraged by jealousy and blinded by ambition romulus killed his brother and named the
city after himself rome this civil conflict between brothers would go on to define italy's
history with civil war playing a large part in shaping the nation we see today
the italian peninsula was a thriving hotbed of prehistoric civilizations
with all the basics of bronze age society such as metalwork and agriculture by the
time the iron age came around in the 8th century these had coalesced into two dominant cultures
the etruscans in the north and the greeks in the south who had settled the area slowly over time
these two shared writing religion and culture with one another having a massive influence over italy
their culture wouldn't last very long however because they were soon to be eclipsed by
founded on the river between the etruscans and a tribe called the latins
rome soon prospered and grew very powerful largely thanks to its strategic and defensible location
and they were ruled by seven legendary kings the last of these kings lucia's tonic superbus
also known as the bad one was overthrown by the people when his son raped a nobleman's wife
the scandal would force monarchy out of rome eventually collapsing the roman kingdom completely
in its place the republic was born ruled not by a king but rather two consuls selected by the senate
roman society was divided into two parts the patricians who were nobles and the plebeians
everyone else who were represented in the senate by an elected office called the tribune
the tribune was granted the power of vito meaning the patrician senate and the plebians often had to
work together on policies that benefited both classes contributing to rome's success under
the republican system rome prospered they expanded their territory through both conquest and alliance
often being reluctantly dragged into wars in defense of one of its allies
who then made territorial concessions or became a client state in return this cycle continued
and soon rome became the ruling state over most of italy and latin became the lingua franca or
common tongue a rather small domestic dispute in the city-states of sicily dragged rome into
an open conflict with carthage known as the first punic war which they ultimately won the political
fallout from this war was immense and the two sides hated each other from that day forward
after two more punic wars in which rome was very nearly defeated by the carthaginian leader
hannibal rome destroyed carthage and annexed most of her territories the senate became more
and more interested in securing rome's place in the mediterranean basin to ensure another hannibal
never threatened rome again this would bring them to war with the three dominant greek kingdoms the
city of carthage and corinth were both completely destroyed in 146 bc and rome became the undisputed
naval power of the mediterranean fast forwarding a bit to everyone's favorite guys julius caesar
an ambitious politician and military leader caesar eventually landed a gig as the governor of gaul
when recalled to rome for his abundant abuses of power caesar made a huge power
grab in returning to italy with an army plunging rome into civil war after pompey's death cesar
attained all political positions he could effectively becoming a dictator and emperor
as you may remember the romans weren't all too fond of monarchy so you can guess what happened
with caesar's corpse on the roman senate the nation was again plunged into civil war
between caesar's adopted son octavian and mark anthony paving the way not only for the roman
empire but also two very interesting shakespeare ripoffs octavian the winner was renamed augustus
and his reign would soon be followed by the continuation of the giulio claudian dynasty
and a two century long absence of war called the pax romana the roman peace interrupted only
occasionally by a few emperors whose mental faculties have been called into question
rome became the birthplace of the roman catholic church ironically however in the early days italy
was very unsafe for christians who were frequently persecuted and blamed for many tragedies including
a great fire in the heart of rome after one succession crisis the flavian dynasty was
established ushering in a new era famous for making italy more diverse and multicultural
and the building of its most famous monument the coliseum giving the roman people the two simplest
of life's pleasures panem its circumsenses bread and circuses a volcano also destroyed the city of
pompeii but i don't think the flavians had anything to do with that the flavians were
replaced by the nova attorney dynasty famous for its five good emperors rome reached its
zenith under this period both culturally and territorially commodus the last of this dynasty
was assassinated by a gladiator named narcissus beginning you guessed it yet another succession
crisis the severan dynasty would usher in a period called the crisis of the third century where the
number one cause of death for roman emperors became assassination not exactly a recipe for
wow political stability rome would soon become very decentralized with time being victims of
globalization cheap slave labor inflation and legionaries of barbarians who were more loyal
to their generals who paid them than to roam 26 emperors were proclaimed in half a century and
the empire became politically split in half and even the capital of the empire was moved to the
greek city byzantium later renamed constantinople illustrating just how volatile the city of rome
was becoming huns and germanic tribes began to raid and suck the western half almost routinely
and the combined army were less able to mount a significant defense using their legions since
hey what did rome ever do for them the empire in the west would soon collapse completely by the
5th century in its place the barbarian adoesta set up the more recognizable kingdom of italy
soon ruled by the germanic ostrogoths the astrogothic kingdom began a cultural exchange
between the latin and germanic world leaving huge imprints especially in northern italy where they
had established deeper roots the empire however continued to live on in the east eastern roman
emperor justinian with dreams of uniting the empire conquered the ostrogothic kingdom in 553
once again bringing the roman imperial light back to italy i'm back me hearing about 553 bro what
what is 553 bro it's 2 000 what are we in 2022 it's on my 553 wow
i feel dumb as hell jerome
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you bro i i i'm gonna check out part two i'm gonna i'm gonna do it i'm gonna do it either ways man
hope you all enjoyed this man it was a a lot of info definitely definitely a very interesting
video and a lot of history right here man and i i can't believe bro i'm hearing about
bc i never knew i would have watched the video here about bc in it bro that's wild
anyways guys i'm out of here man peace