ROMANEMPIRE
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean in Europe, Africa, and Asia. The 500-year-old Roman Republic, which preceded it, had been destabilized through a series of civil wars. Several events marked the transition from Republic to Empire, including Julius Caesar's appointment as perpetual dictator ; the Battle of Actium ; and the granting of the honorific Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate .The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Roman Empire
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