The Roman Republic lasted nearly 500 years ... The Romans were nearly always at war; their celebrated expansion was achieved by military subjugation of foreign lands and harsh repression of ...

This new title signified Octavian's elevation to the position of emperor in all but name, ending the Roman Republic, according to many modern historians. Octavian was granted this title after ...

said the discovery was significant because it sheds new light on the end of the Etruscan civilization and the expansion of the Roman Empire between the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C. The period was ...