In 386 BCE Rome was sacked by itinerant Gallic tribes, and was still a regional power of limited relevance, whereas in 146 BCE it had built a powerful Mediterranean empire, able to destroy once-mighty ...

Ancient cities are windows into the past, showing us how people lived, worked, and built communities thousands of years ago.

Rome was founded in 753 BCE by twin brothers Romulus and Remus, though one brother would be dead before the city walls were fully raised. The brothers were purportedly the descendants of the ...

Years: 753 BCE-1453 CE Land area: 1.9 million sq. mi. Capital: Rome, Constantinople Reason for decline: Corruption, economic problems, barbarian invasions and migrations into the empire.

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