Rome
Athens adopts a tyrannical government after giving democracy its birth (300 B.C.)
Wars had depleted the national treasury and Athens received less taxes by non citizens to live in Attica
The enormous budget to pay for the Assembly and Council, according to Aristotle's writings were heavy on the government Etruscans were people who lived in Italy during the Iron Age (1000-650 B.C.)
The Etruscan kings of Rome constructed a large drain called the cloaca maxima
They built the Servian Wall and the Capitoline Temple or the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus
The Founding of the Roman Empire by Augustus hailed the Pax Romana where peace was established in Rome
Augustus as Imperator or emperor around 31 B.C. - 14 A.D
Rome during Augustus time had a senate who sat and rule along with the principate
Aristocrats of Rome were of German, Greek, and Macedonian birth
Greek literature in Rome at that time were Ptolemy, Tibullus, Juvenal, Martial, and Propertius after 14 AD
Julius Caesar rose to power in Rome and conquered Gaul, England, Germany and other provinces, only to be assassinated
Free born Roman citizens participated in voting and serving their Imperator
Roman imperators persecuted Christian during this period before Augustine
Augustine adopts Christianity in Edict of Milan in 313 AD
