WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Beginning in 510 B.C. the Roman Republic began a long period of expansion, but it was not considered an empire until the throne was occupied by
A
Titus, son of Vespasian.
B
Augustus, nephew of Julius Caesar.
C
Caracalla, son of Alexander the Great.
D
Vespasian, emperor of the Flavian Dynasty.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Julius Caesar Pushes Rome’s Reach Across Europe The landing of Julius Caesar in Britain. The next decade, General Julius Caesar led Roman soldiers into northwest Europe, “basically because Caesar decided he wanted to do it, and he had troops that were capable of doing it, ‘’ Watts says.

Detailed explanation-2: -Between 146 and 31 BC, the Roman world rapidly and continually expanded through Italy, across the Mediterranean, into Africa, eastward into Armenia, Syria and Judaea, and westward into Spain, Gaul, and Britain. Rome’s internal battles between political and military leaders led to both civil war and outward expansion.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first century B.C. in Rome corresponds with the last decades of the Roman Republic and the start of the rule of Rome by emperors. It was an exciting era dominated by strong men, like Julius Caesar, Sulla, Marius, Pompey the Great, and Augustus Caesar, and civil wars.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Roman Republic became the Roman Empire in 27 BCE when Julius Caesar’s adopted son, best known as Augustus, became the ruler of Rome. Augustus established an autocratic form of government, where he was the sole ruler and made all important decisions.

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