Ancient Rome

Origins of the Etruscans Etruscans period in the Italy history began around the VIII century BC.  There are three theories about the Etruscans origin: The...

In the VIII century began Greek colonization, which ended in the VI century BC. After 480 BC and after the battle of Himera, in...

In the V century, vast majority of tribes on the Apennines peninsula were Italics, while Sabine tribes had a significance role in Roman history. Italic...

Ancient Rome lay on the left bank of the river Tiber (25 km from the mouth). In the era of empires, ancient Rome was...

Legend about founding of Rome Numitor – was one of Aeneas descendants, but his brother Amulis overthrew him and then he killed his son while...

The battle of Roman Republic against the Etruscans Contrary to the tradition of Rome, after the expulsion of Tarquinians and Etruscans and with persistent struggle...

The end of the struggle between the patricians and plebeians The foreign policy of the V and III century was the first struggle for hegemony...

The establishment of the Roman Republic according to tradition happened in 509 BC. On the head of the Republic were two electoral Consuls, which...

The social order of Carthage After the conquest of Italy and victory over Pyrrhus, Roman Republic turned into one of the strongest countries in the...

Hamilcar and his successors in Spain Shortly after quelling an uprising in Carthage, Hamilcar transferred its activities to Spain; counting that by exploiting the resources...

Carthage was founded in 814 B.C. and is was one of the leading trading routes in the Mediterranean region and a dominant military force...

In political terms after the end of Second Punic War, Carthage turned into a second-class country, but economically it was very difficult to overcome...