THE+STRUCTURE+OF+ROMAN+HISTORY


 * __THE FOUR MAJOR PERIODS OF ANCIENT ROMAN HISTORY RECOGNIZED BY MODERN HISTORIANS__ (WITH DATES):

1. __Kingship Period__ (753 to 509 BC) kbe** Little is known about this period, due to the fact that few written records survive. However, it is known that it was a monarchal kindom that lasted for about two hundred and fifty years, from the founding of Rome in 753 BCE to the removal of the kings and the creation of the Republic in 509 BCE.(pgei)

Roman politicians during the era of the Roman Republic ran for office, beginning at the bottom and gradually working their way to the senior positions. All positions except those of Censor and Dictator were held for no more than one year. (mwi) During the Roman Republic, the senate goverened with an unwritten rule of standards called the Mos Maiorum.(kms) Several important events are commonly used to mark the fall of the Republic, including Julius Caesar's appointment as dictator (44 BC), the victory of Octavian at the Battle of Actium (31 BC), and the Roman Senate's granting to Octavian the title Augu//stus// (27 BC). (hlo)
 * 2. __Roman Republic__ (509 to 31 BC) kbe**

Characterized by autocractic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean.(jti) Historians label Caesar Augustus as the first Roman Emperor. (rsc) The battle of Adrianople was a key part in the fall of the Roman Empire. (WCO)
 * 3. __Roman Empire__ (31 BC to 476 AD) alim**

Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople.(jti) In the year 1453 the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire. (hma)
 * 4.__Byzantine Empire__ (350 to 1453 AD) alim**