Ancient Rome was a civilization centred around the city of Rome, that lasted from the 8th century BC to 476 AD (West); 1453 AD (East).
Questions about Ancient Rome should be about facts, events and historical figures of any of the following periods of Roman history:
- Roman Kingdom (753 BC – 509 BC)
- Roman Republic (509 BC – 27 BC)
- Roman Empire (27 BC – 1453 AD)
For questions about the Eastern Roman Empire that later became the Byzantine Empire, please use the more specific byzantine-empire tag.
Example questions
- What form of home address did Romans use?
- Were there any conquests that Ancient Rome undertook explicitly to gain control of a natural resource?
- What did ex-Gladiators do after being freed?
- Nero and the Great Fire of Rome 64AD
- Were the animals used for gladiatorial combat in Rome trained?
- When did the Roman forum fall into disuse?
Related tags
classical-antiquity for general questions about the cultural history of the Greco-Roman world
roman-kingdom for questions for the Kingdom of Rome, that started with the city's founding
roman-republic for questions specific to the Roman Republic
roman-empire for questions specific to the Roman Empire
byzantine-empire for questions specific to the Byzantine Empire
ancient-greece for questions about the related Ancient Greek civilization (see the tag wiki for more related tags)
