Rome was one of the greatest powers in the Ancient World. It grew from a collection of small villages on the river Tiber in Italy to control an empire that included Italy, Spain, France, North Africa, Greece, the Middle East, most of Britain and parts of Germany.
The Roman Empire lasted for nearly a thousand years and it has had a huge and enduring influence on the world we live in today.
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Histories, plays and stories by Romans such as Julius Caesar, Pliny and Virgil Remains of Roman art: statues, wall paintings and mosaics
The ruins of many buildings and everyday artefacts (such as coins, weapons, tools and toys) have survived
The Roman town of Pompeii was buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. The volcanic ash preserved the city just as it was and archaeologists have been excavating it since 1748
Pompeii’s streets today 48
An intact mosaic uncovered in Pompeii. It reads: ‘Beware of the dog’.
