Ancient Rome. From the first settlements to the late empire. Allen T.

The most powerful civilization of ancient Europe has become Roman. Expanding their borders, the Romans entered into the fight against the inhabitants of the Apennine Peninsula (Etruscans and Greeks) and other European peoples (Celts, Germanic tribes), as well as with the steppe nomads from Asia. To the II century. n. e. Ancient Rome has reached the highest heyday. But the state has grown so much that it became uncontrollable. The Western Roman Empire was too weak to resist foreign raids, and in the middle of the 5th century. n. e. Palais. The Eastern Roman Empire lasted almost another thousand years, but it did not resist.