jan 1, 143 BC - ROMAN EMPIRE(27BCE-476CE) The Roman Empire , was the post-Roman Republic period of the ancient Roman civilisation, characterised by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe, Africa and Asia. The city of Rome was the largest city in the world 100 BC – AD 400, with New Rome becoming the largest around AD 500, and the Empire's populace grew to an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants (roughly 20% of the world's population at the time).
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