Rome's Difficult "Family History": Glory is hard to come by. If you were the emperor, would you do better?

Rome, the capital of Italy, is the holy land of ancient civilization with a long history of more than 2,500 years. It is known as the world-famous "eternal city". It is located in the hills of the lower reaches of the Tiber River in the middle and west of the Italian Peninsula, and it is the birthplace of ancient Roman civilization.

Back to thousands of years ago, it was actually just a small city-state on Latium Plain. The ancient Romans were born brave and good at fighting. After thousands of years of continuous territorial expansion and the baptism of civilization of the times, they finally gave birth to a super empire-the ancient Roman empire with the Mediterranean as the center and spanning three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa!

The development of ancient Rome has three important periods, namely, the royal period, the * * * period and the last imperial period. In fact, the road to the establishment of the ancient Roman Empire was not smooth. The great pioneer has continuously expanded his territory in the polishing of countless wars. At first, he was like a seed just sprouting from the soil, weak and immature.

The original founder of Rome was named Romulus. He is the crystallization of love between Mars, the god of war, and Sylvia, the real princess of Albalon. He also has a twin brother named Le Mo.

However, due to the conspiracy of the king's younger brother Amulo, they were thrown into the Tiber River with their mother Sylvia as soon as they were born, and their father Mars managed to save their mother, but the twins were washed to the other side by the current. Fortunately, a female wolf fed them milk and kept them alive.

Later, he was adopted by a kind-hearted herder (Fastulus) and finally grew up smoothly after experiencing the ups and downs of the world. As adults, they joined hands to kill the usurped Amulo and help his grandfather Numeitu regain the throne. They became the heroes of Albalon!

However, the two brothers did not continue to live in Longjia. They never forget the mother wolf's breastfeeding. To commemorate this adventure, the two brothers established a new city-state where the mother wolf fed them. The city was named after his brother romulus. The abbreviation of the city-state name is Rome.

In the 240 years after the founding of Rome, they all "surrendered" to the rule of the royal government. Rome in this period is called the Etruscan period, which is also known as the "royal period" of the monarchy.

The appearance of this era realized the transition of Rome from primitive social commune system to state system. The first king of the Roman kingdom was Romulus, the founder of the city, "the descendant of the wolf". Under his rule, Roman civilization made a qualitative leap, so after romulus's death, he was honored as the father of the Roman state, and later generations regarded him as a god.

According to A Brief History of Rome, the Roman Kingdom was ruled by seven kings, and the first four kings were all Romans. During the reign of kings, almost every generation of rule could not escape the game with neighboring tribes, which made the Romans always in a constant evil war.

During the reign of Wang Ankus, the fourth generation country, the armed conflict with other tribes became uncontrollable. By around 600 BC, Rome was captured by the invading alien tribe Etta Lasquin, and since then, it has been ruled by a king with a different surname for 90 years. Although Etaras Quinn from the East occupied the Roman regime, he also promoted the development of Roman civilization to some extent.

Of course, the Romans who pursued independence never gave up their resistance until around 5 10 BC, when they launched an uprising and finally overthrew the alien rule of Lasquin, and the Romans regained their independence.

Being ruled by foreigners for decades has always been a shame that the Romans can't forget. Out of hatred for King Etaras Quinn, the Romans decisively abolished the monarchy, and the "kingship era" was over!

In the first sixteen years after the Romans expelled the last alien king Lucius Starkven from Rome, the "riots" between Rome and surrounding tribes never stopped.

Because the regime at this time fell into the hands of a few aristocrats, and the lives of civilians were still in dire straits, they refused to participate in these struggles and even left with weapons, so the famous "civilian movement" broke out in Roman history.

In order to quell the influence of this movement, the nobles in power had to admit part of the right to vote of civilians, that is, the right to elect tribunes and convene civilian meetings, so civilian figures appeared in the Legislative Assembly for the first time.

After constant running-in and power disputes, Rome finally formed a * * * regime composed of Senate, consul and tribal parliament, and the system of separation of powers marked the birth of the Roman Republic.

Although the political system of Rome and the country is still dominated by nobles, it is the first time for civilians to participate in state affairs. In the development of historical civilization, it can be regarded as a leap across the system. This special regime, including monarchy, parliament, * * and three political systems, also provided a strong guarantee for the continuous territorial expansion and the great cause of dominating the Italian peninsula after Rome.

1, conquer the Latin nation

Shortly after independence, Rome began a long journey of territorial expansion, and their first goal was the Latin nation adjacent to its south. In 496 BC, Rome took the opportunity to wage war with the Latin Union in Tuskulon. With the cooperation of cavalry, Roman heavy infantry won a great victory in this battle and successfully signed a military alliance treaty with Latin.

By 4 15 BC, the Romans officially replaced the dominant position of Latin in the military alliance, and achieved a great breakthrough in military strength. Since then, the pace of Rome's outward expansion has become more high-profile.

2. Fight for Ivy City.

They are no longer satisfied with the first-line battle, but choose to fight in many directions. While competing with the ancient Italians for territory, the game with Etta Lasquin, the northern enemy, never stopped.

During this period, the Romans were invincible on the southern front. They successfully conquered and even assimilated Volschi, Iquia and Sabine. On the other hand, the fighting in the north is not so smooth. At that time, the Etrastans they fought against had a high degree of civilization, and the Wei 'ai city they built was easy to defend but difficult to attack, so the Romans fell into a passive situation.

The fighting spirit of persistence and patience flowed in the Roman body like blood, and their plan to capture the city of Wei Ai never stopped. After years of preparation, they finally launched a powerful military counterattack against Fidini, a strategic place in Wei 'ai City, in 435 BC. After the victory of this battle, the Romans successfully captured the city of Wei Ai.

After Rome occupied Victoria, it gave the most cruel punishment to the defeated people. They razed the city to the ground and sold the civilians in Victoria as slaves. Since then, they began a bloody and cruel foreign conquest, so their territory in the Italian peninsula is also expanding.

3. Expedition to Gaul

Among many powerful opponents, Gauls can be said to have dealt a great blow to the Roman Expeditionary Force. After being defeated by Gauls, he was dormant for ten years, and finally embarked on the expedition road of territorial expansion again ten years later.

After 100 years of efforts, their military strength is almost unmatched in the Italian peninsula. Until the defeat of Gaul in 225 BC, almost all the territory of Italy was gathered in the hands of the Romans, and the territorial unification of the Italian peninsula was realized for the first time.

After Rome owned the Italian peninsula, its ambition to expand outward has already crossed the coastline and directly aimed at the territory of the world. During this period, although the civil war continued, Rome's journey to the world has been going on.

In 27 BC, Octavian, Caesar's only adopted son, skillfully used political means to become the supreme commander of Italy, and was awarded the title of "Augustus" by the Senate, marking the official entry of Italy into the imperial era.

During Octavian's reign, the war to conquer the world broke out in an all-round way and reached an unprecedented climax in the world.

By the time Anthony Trajan proclaimed himself emperor, the world map of the Roman Empire had almost unified the whole country: from Spain and Britain in the west, to the upper reaches of the Euphrates River in the east, to North Africa in the south, to the Rhine River and Danube River in the north, and finally formed a super empire with the Mediterranean as the inland sea and spanning three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa!

The establishment of the Roman Empire is an important witness to the development of human civilization. The indomitable Romans conquered the world with the spirit of never giving up, and developed from a small city-state on the Latin plains into a super empire across the world. During this period, they not only tried the three systems of human society, but also extended Greek civilization from the Adriatic Sea to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, which promoted the development of civilizations in other regions.

People often say that all roads lead to Rome, which shows that the spirit of Rome has a far-reaching influence on the world, and it can be called a miracle in the history of human social development!

If you were the emperor of Rome, where would you take Rome?

References: A Brief History of Rome, Julius Caesar's Code: Great Ancient Roman Civilization.