ROMAN CITIES
1. ROME 2. CAESAREA 3. CARTHAGE 4. NICOPOLIS 5. BYZANTIUM 6. BRUNDISIUM 7. SYRACUSE 8. ANTIOCH | 9. PALMYRA 10. CYRENE 11. GORDION 12. TYRUS 13. JERUSALEM 14. SELEUCIA 15. RAVENNA 16. ARTAXATA |
CAPITAL CITY: ROME.
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JULIUS CAESAR EMPEROR
ONE OF THE MORE CONTROVERSIAL CHARACTERS OF HISTORY, CAESAR WAS BOTH A STAUNCH DEFENDER OF THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND AN AMBITIOUS POLICITAN WHO DESTROYED THE ROMAN REPUBLIC. CERTAINLY BRILLIANT, AMONG HIS OTHER SKILLS HE WAS A SUPERB GENERAL, CONQUERING GAUL IN A CLASSIC CAMPAIGN THAT IS STILL STUDIED, INVADING BRITIAN AND ESTABLISHING HIMSELF AS DICTATOR FOR LIFE AFTER DEFEATING POMPEY IN A CIVIL WAR. STABBED TO DEATH ON THE IDES ON MARCH BY FRIENDS AND PROTEGES WHO RESENTED HIS GRAB FOR POWER, HE NEVERTHELESS MADE THE FUTURE ROMAN EMPIRE POSSIBLE.
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