The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire In the year 31 BC a new power was beginning to emerge into the Mediterranean world power. This new power was the Roman Empire. This power would eventually take control of most of the surroundings around the Mediterranean Sea. The Roman Empire was one of the biggest European empires. It started out as a cluster of villages, and grew into an entire empire. All good things come to …showed first 75 words of 713 total…

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