The Roman Empire, at its height (c. 117), was the most extensive political and social structure in western civilization. Building upon the foundation laid by the Roman Republic, the empire became the largest and most powerful political and military entity in the world up to its time and expanded steadily until its fall, in the west, in 476.

By 285, the empire had grown too vast to be ruled from the central government at Rome and so was divided by Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305) into a Western and an Eastern Empire. The empire began when Augustus Caesar (r. 27 BCE-14 CE) became the first emperor of Rome and ended, in the west, when the last Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus (r. 475-476), was deposed by the Germanic King Odoacer (r. 476-493). In the east, it continued as the Byzantine Empire until the death of Constantine XI (r. 1449-1453) and the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The influence of the Roman Empire on western civilization was profound in its lasting contributions to virtually every aspect of western culture.

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— CHAPTERS —
0:00​ Introduction
1:01 The Beginning of the Roman Empire
2:44 Introduction to the Julio-Claudian Dynasty
4:16 The Year of the Four Emperors
5:05 The Prosperity of the Flavian Dynasty
6:07 The Five Good Emperors
7:33 The Crisis of the Third Century
9:07 The Split of the Empire
11:34 Christianity and the Fall of the Western Roman Empire
13:46 Legacy of the Roman Empire
15:11 Outro

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