Roman Empire - The Empire of Rome

4 Periods of Roman History
The Roman government in the time of the seven kings, and the Republican and Imperial periods of Rome, with links to lists showing the heads of state in each era.

AUC - Ab Urbe Condita
AUC stands for ab urbe condita.

Decadence, Rome and Romania, and the Emperors who Weren't
This site about Rome and the Roman Empire mentions that emperors did not have to march on Rome as Septimius Severus did.

EAWC Essay Index: Rome
EAWC produces many useful pages. This page on Ancient Rome lists online essays by more than 75 Roman historians and Latinists.

End of the Empire
Resources on this site relating to the end of the Roman Empire, its later emperors and the Fall of Rome.

Imperial Roman Battles, Wars and Sieges
A-Z of battles during the Roman Imperial period.

Imperial Timeline
Table of the dates of the late Eastern and Western Roman emperors after Theodosius I.

Major Battles of the Roman Empire
Dates of major battles of the Roman Empire.

Pax Romana
Pax Romana is the Latin for Roman peace.

Roman Emperors - Age at Accession
Chart of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Theodosius, with the years of their reigns and approximate age at accession.

Roman Emperors After Emperor Commodus - Emperors Pertinax and Didius Julianus andThe Accession of Septimius Severus - A.D. 193
Roman Emperors After Emperor Commodus - Emperors Pertinax and Didius Julianus and the Accession of Septimius Severus.

Rome History
Mini-essays include: Imperial Rome, Conquest of the Hellenistic Empire, The Calamitous Century and The Late Empire, as well as an historical atlas and glossary.

Stemmata of Imperial Dynasties
Family trees of Julio-Claudians & Some Relatives, Flavian Emperors, Trajan, Hadrian and the Antonines, Severans, Tetrarchs and their Descendants, etc.

Tetrarchy
Tetrarchy is the word we use to describe the division into four of the Roman Empire under the reign of Emperor Diocletian -- a man who knew how to delegate.

Valens and the Battle of Adrianople
Valens' defeat at the Battle of Adrianople in the Eastern Roman Empire in A.D. 378, was one of the crucial events leading to the ultimate Fall of the Roman Empire.