# The Roman Empire — The Deck Catalog

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Category: History
Slides: 31
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:20.234Z
Tags: history, roman, empire

## Summary

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..

## Slide Outline

1. The Roman Empire Senatus Populusque Romanus
2. Opening Why this empire still matters.
3. Chapter I The Republic, in brief.
4. Chapter II Caesar.
5. Chapter III Augustus and the Principate.
6. Chapter IV The Pax Romana.
7. Chapter V The Julio-Claudians.
8. Chapter VI 69 CE — the Year of the Four Emperors.
9. Chapter VII The Flavians.
10. Chapter VIII The Five Good Emperors.
11. Chapter IX Trajan and maximum extent.
12. Chapter X Hadrian and the wall.
13. Chapter XI Marcus Aurelius.
14. Chapter XII Commodus and the crisis.
15. Chapter XIII The Severans.
16. Chapter XIV The Crisis of the Third Century.
17. Chapter XV Diocletian and the Tetrarchy.
18. Chapter XVI Constantine and Christianity.
19. Chapter XVII Theodosius and the split.
20. Chapter XVIII The fall of the West.
21. Chapter XIX The economy.
22. Chapter XX Roman law.
23. Chapter XXI The Roman military.
24. Chapter XXII Roads, aqueducts, infrastructure.
25. Chapter XXIII Religion before and after.
26. Chapter XXIV The legacy.
27. Chapter XXV The historian.
28. Chapter XXVI A shelf of twenty-two.
29. Chapter XXVII Watch & read.
30. Chapter XXVIII Why it lasted.
31. Finis Imperii.

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