Introduction In the last decade of Vespasian's rule, uprisings and disasters around Rome and the Roman Empire were bringing his fame as a ruler down to levels that he did not like. To help get the Roman peoples admiration and votes back, he decided to give them a present like no other with the money...
It is he who shall consolidate your power-For thirty years with all their turning months; Then shall he move his capital from Lavinium To Alba Longa, which he shall fortify To the uttermost; and there a line of kings... ... He told his brother that was where the city would be, and if Remus crossed the line, he would be killed. Contemptuous Remus immediately crossed the line, and Romulus killed him. ... Expecting this, the Romans were ready and the two forces lined up preparing to fight. ... He sent men to finish him off, but Tullia ran over her father with a cisium, Latin for a light, two-whee...
The Roman Colosseum exists today as a monumental relic of an Empire. Time has worn away at its 2,000 year-old concrete walls and seats leaving behind a daunting shadow of what it once was. A large earthquake hit Rome in 1231 causing a large section of the amphitheater to collapse. The 1500's br...
