These factors included an economic crisis, barbarians, the weak military, lost battles, and political decay. ... People started caring less and less about politics. ... The Praetorian Guard ran politics from 218 A.D. until 268 A.D. and appointed fifty generals as emperor in fifty years. ... He secured the boundaries, doubled the army, increased the taxes, stopped inflation increased the prestige of emperor, and restored the old Gods. ...

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Lepidus was forced to give up politics by Octavian. ... He was then able to control politics and the military. ... The boundaries of Rome's territory went from Spain to Syria and from the Rhine and Danube Rivers to Egypt and the Sahara Desert (Miller, ed. 153). ...

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Marcus Aurelius, whose real name was Marcus Annius Verus was born in Rome on April 26, 121 A.D. and was raised in a wealthy and politically prominent family of Spanish origin. ... Marcus Aurelius continued to receive help from emperors throughout his childhood but later assistance would come in the form of his growth in political power. He was adopted by Antoninus Pius, Hadrian's chosen successor, and was given political positions under him. ... His plans for the next campaign were to extend the boundaries of his empire northeastward to the Wisla (Vistula) river. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Pompeii Pompeii is possibly the best-documented catastrophe in Antiquity. Because of it, we know now how the Pompeians lived because they left behind an extensive legacy of art, including monuments, sculptures and paintings. Pompeii lay on a plateau of ancient lava near the Bay of Naples in weste...

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Pompeii Pompeii is possibly the best-documented catastrophe in Antiquity. Because of it, we know now how the Pompeians lived because they left behind an extensive legacy of art, including monuments, sculptures and paintings. Pompeii lay on a plateau of ancient lava near the Bay of Naples in weste...

• Word Count: 2432
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School