Ancient Rome
A 1000 Year Empire
Beginning in the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italy’s Tiber River into a empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much of western Asia, northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands.
Among the many legacies of Roman dominance are the widespread use of the Romance languages (Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian) derived from Latin, the modern Western alphabet and calendar and the emergence of Christianity as a major world religion.
