Little did Rome know, that enemy tribes had been migrating west threatening Rome's boarders. ... At the same time as the blossoming of a new religion, the boundaries once considered invasion-proof, were falling, and fast. ... The once strong Roman empire was nearing its last stages of an actual city; However, as military strengths began to suffer the republic began to fall too far from its peak that it was now impossible to regain Rome's position. After Rome split and the republic fell, the tow sides, the East and West both attempted to become something bigger and went t...

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With the coast to the west and the Apennine Mountains to the East, Campania is a fertile plain, traversed by two major rivers and rich soil. ... Pompeii joined the Italic revolt against Rome, the Social War of 91-87 B.C., and was crushed by Sulla. ... By 79 AD, Latin had replaced Oscan as the principal language, and the laws and culture of Imperial Rome were implanted. ... The eruption caught Pompeians by surprise: "They heard the crash of falling roofs: an instant more and the mountain-cloud seemed to roll towards them, dark and rapid, like a torrent; at the same time, it cast forth from its ...

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• Grade Level: High School