HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Empire
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Monarchy
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Democracy
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Republic
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Roman Empire reached its greatest extent in 117 CE, under the emperor Trajan.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Roman Republic describes the period in which the city-state of Rome existed as a republican government (from 509 B.C.E. to 27 B.C.E.), one of the earliest examples of representative democracy in the world.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Senate was the most powerful branch of the Roman republic, and senators held the position for life. The executive branch was made up of two consuls, elected yearly. These two consuls had almost kingly powers, and each could veto, or disapprove of the other’s decision.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 313 AD, the Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan, which accepted Christianity: 10 years later, it had become the official religion of the Roman Empire.