About this deck
Rome is the empire against which every later European state has measured itself. Charlemagne crowned in 800. The Holy Roman Empire that lasted to 1806. The Tsars who took the title from Caesar. Napoleon's eagles. The eagles of the Wehrmacht. Mussolini's fascio . Each was an attempt to inherit something Rome had been. Key sections include: The Roman Empire Senatus Populusque Romanus; Opening Why this empire still matters.; Chapter I The Republic, in brief.; Chapter II Caesar.; Chapter III Augustus and the Principate.; Chapter IV The Pax Romana.; Chapter V The Julio-Claudians.; Chapter VI 69 CE — the Year of the Four Emperors.; Chapter VII The Flavians.; Chapter VIII The Five Good Emperors..