skel Posted April 10, 2005 Report Share Posted April 10, 2005 ive heard them both used to describe different periods on this forum. my question is what is the difference between the two, if there is one? and when did one become the other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted April 11, 2005 Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 Um, well Rome has roughly three major divisions in its history according to the type of government. The first period was the monarchy when Rome was ruled by a series of semi-legendary kings. When the kings were expelled and the government was in the hands of electred magistrates and the Senate, Rome became a Republic. The Republic is sometimes divided into early republic ( the conquest of Italy) , middle republic (the Punic Wars and such), and late republic (the era of warlords from Sulla to Octavian). The Republic officially ended when Augustus took the stage as Princeps (or emperor). This was a pseudo-monarchy. It was also at this time Rome reached its full expansion and controlled most of North Africa, the Near East, and large stretches of Europe. The Empire is sometimes divided into the Principate and the Dominate. The Principate is the first 200 years or so when Roman government and culture were still fairly peaceful and noteworthy. The Dominate is the later stages of the empire when corruption and absolutism in government becomes endemic and the culture starts evolving into what would become the Medieval period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skel Posted April 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2005 thanks for explaining all that ursus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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