Rome

From the seven hills to the fall of the West, 753 BC – AD 476.

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The essentials

Figure Hannibal The Carthaginian who crossed the Alps and nearly broke Rome

Figures

Figure Hannibal The Carthaginian who crossed the Alps and nearly broke Rome Figure Constantine the Great The first Christian emperor, who founded Constantinople Figure Julius Caesar The general who crossed the Rubicon and ended the Republic Figure Augustus Caesar's heir, who turned a republic into an empire