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 Roman Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Several states claiming to be the Roman Empire's successor arose, before as well as after the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
Gratian fled from Lutetia (Paris) to Lugdunum (Lyon), where he was assassinated on August 25, 383 at the age of twenty-five.
Last Emperor of the West: Romulus Augustus (475-476) or Julius Nepos claiming the Empire until his death in 480.
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 Holy Roman Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reich had been a very federal body from the beginning: again, as opposed to France, which had mostly been part of the Roman Empire, in the eastern parts of the Frankish kingdom, the Germanic tribes were much more independent and reluctant to cede power to a central authority.
After the end of World War I, the creation of the Weimar Republic, and Nazi Germany's rise, the Nazis referred to Germany as the Third Reich, counting the 1871 Empire as the second, to connect itself with an idealized past and present itself as being in continuity with ancient traditions.
Imperial rights had been referred to as regalia since the Investiture Controversy, but were enumerated for the first time at Roncaglia as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire   (5361 words)

  
 ORB Online Encyclopedia--Collapse of the Roman Empire
Although some historians stress this loss as the beginning of the end, since this allowed a group of barbarians into the Empire who were not expelled, others disagree.
A third critical event was the murder of Majorian (457-461) in 461, denying him the chance of recapturing Africa and holding the western empire together.
These historians stress that the Eastern empire did not fall when the West collapsed.
http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/MUHLBERGER/ORB/MILEX.HTM   (1085 words)

  
 Rome: Map Resources
Roman World: urbanization of Gaul Excerpted from Osshe Historical andCultural Atlas Resource.
Roman World: origin of the emperors Excerpted from Osshe Historical andCultural Atlas Resource.
Roman Italy: urbanization and roads Excerpted from Osshe Historical andCultural Atlas Resource.
http://intranet.dalton.org/groups/rome/RMAPS.html   (1642 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Roman Empire
He kept only the offices of consul and proconsul and claimed that he held no more power than his colleagues.
Caesar’s assassins, Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus, hoped to restore the republic, but it was no longer possible.
Caesar planned to transform the Roman state, but his few years in power were insufficient.
http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_1741502785/Roman_Empire.html   (2571 words)

  
 the Holy Roman Empire
But it seems difficult to argue that the Emperor was legally founded to use his emergency powers to destroy the Empire in order to save it.
The vicariate ended once the new emperor had sworn to uphold his electoral capitulation.
This oath preceded the coronation, led by the archbishop of Mainz.
http://www.heraldica.org/topics/national/hre.htm   (11303 words)

  
 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
http://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline   (41 words)

  
 The Roman Empire: in the First Century. The Roman Empire PBS
This helped the spread of foreign religions like Judaism and early Christianity as far as Rome itself.
Roman Empire in the first century A.D. Two thousand years ago, the world was ruled by Rome.
Specific qualifications were needed for Romans to be admitted as equestrians or senators.
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire   (360 words)

  
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This period is considered the beginning of the decline of the Roman Empire.
He passes his rule on to his three sons after his death.
Italy is fragmented into three regions of rule claimed by the Lombards, the Eastern Roman Empire and the Papal States.
http://eawc.evansville.edu/chronology/ropage.htm   (2946 words)

  
 The Senate and People of Rome; Romans in Medieval Combat: SCA, Dagorhir, & Markland
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From a patchwork of conquests, the diverse nations and cultures of three continents were transformed into one world, one Empire!
For more information on Rome, medieval combat or Roman reenactment societies, contact the
http://www.romanempire.net/romepage   (580 words)

  
 UNRV History - Roman Empire
Many of the details regarding Hadrian& personal life are largely speculative, but one relationship in particular has long been the subject of particular attention.
If elections could not occur for whatever reason to bring these individuals to the helm, there was no government in any meaningful sense of the word.
Another excellent review has been completed for our Roman Books section, thanks to community member Frankq.
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 The Roman Empire: In The First Century PBS
The Roman Empire: In The First Century
http://www.pbs.org/empires/romans   (8 words)

  
 Holy Roman%... - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
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