In the end, however, the ruthless act plummeted Rome into further chaos, and out of the disarray, the Roman Empire was born. While the Senate still maintained its role as a legislative body ...

The Roman Empire began in 27 B.C., when Octavian, Julius Caesar's adopted son and heir, was granted the title "Augustus," meaning "revered one," by the Roman senate. This new title signified ...

The Senate disagreed and backed Pompey ... would be replaced by a succession of totalitarian emperors: The Roman Empire was officially born. But first, it needed a leader. It would take 13 ...

created a climate of paranoia in the Senate, and is ultimately regarded as the first step to the Civil Wars that ended the Roman Republic and built the Roman Empire. Both Watts and Osgood can ...

Eventually, the Senate backed one of the rivals for ... leading to repeated assassinations and coups. The huge Roman Empire, stretching at its largest from Britain to Egypt, was also struggling ...