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"The Death of Julius Caesar", by Vincenzo Camuccini, 1806. (Public Domain) On this day in 44 BCE, Roman dictator Julius Caesar was murdered in the Senate. Arriving late in the Theatre of Pompey, Caesar was mobbed by senators asking about a petition. As the crowd closed ranks, a senator named Climber made a grab for…
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The battle, by Paja Jovanović. (Handelsblatt.com) By 9 CE, the Roman Empire was booming. Rome's first Emperor Augustus had consolidated his power and strengthened the legal framework of the government whilst expanding the empire in all directions.The so-called pax romana (Roman Peace) was in full effect: nobody really wanted to mess with Rome's Legions of…
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