ANCIENT TIME IN ROMAN

The history of the Roman Empire can be divided into three distinct periods:
 The Period of Kings (625-510 BC)
 The Republican Rome (510-31 BC)
 The Imperial Rome (31 BC- AD 476)

THE PERIOD OF KINGS

Politically, this first period of Rome’s known history encompasses the rule of seven
kings. It started it’s journey become a military and economic force with the establishment of
it’s constitution. It drew to a close as Etruscan power declined.

THE REPUBLICAN ROME (510-31 BC)

Rome entered its Republican Period in 510 BC. No longer ruled by kings, Romans
established a new form of government where by the upper classes ruled namely the senators
and the equestrians or knights. However, a dictator be nominated in times of crisis

THE IMPERIAL ROME (31 BC- AD 476)

In period Rome, saw several decades of peace, prosperity and expansion. By AD 117
Roman empire had reached its maximum extant, spanning the three continents including Asia
Minor, Northern Africa and most of Europe. In AD 286, the Roman Empire was divide into two
the Eastern and Western empire being ruled independently.

INVENTION

 ROMAN AQUEDUCT (BRIDGE TYPE)

The most famous engineers of aqueducts amongst all ancient civilizations were the
Romans however. Over a period of 500 years the Romans constructed about 11 ancient
aqueducts that fueled their capital's water supply and built many more throughout their
empire, from 312 B.C.E. to C.E. 226. Both public and private funds paid for construction.
High-ranking rulers often had them built; the Roman emperors Augustus, Caligula, and Trajan
all ordered aqueducts built. Romans built aqueducts and other constructions using a mixture
of stone, brick and a volcanic cement known as pozzolana, that held it all together in
place. In 312 B.C. Appius Claudius built the first aqueduct for the city of Rome. The Romans
were still a tightly knit body of citizens whose lives centered on the seven hills within the city
wall beside the Tiber river.