When did the Roman Empire fall?
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Try reading about it here. the western empire fell in 476AD, and the eastern fell in 1453
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Augustus\nFirst Roman Emperor\n63 B.C. - 14 C.E.
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The Roman empire was in decline, weakening from within and being assailed by invaders. Nero (and others) decided to blame Christians for the decline (and eventual collapse) of the Roman empire because they didn't bow to the state religion (which was very tolerant of other religions, as long as you worshipped Caesar along with whatever other gods you had).
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around 32-35 BC.... note that AD started after Christ died
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Below is a wonderful resource for understanding the Roman Empire... specifically for children!\n\nBest wishes!
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This is quite complicated.  The History Channel has a good show on this topic called Julius Caesar's Rome, which tells about the rise and fall of the roman empire.  \n\nCheck this site for a brief history:
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How About a Project on Roman History.. I can help you with it. :)\n\nHenry (nukeishere@yahoo.com)
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Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus[1] (February 27, 272–May 22, 337), commonly known as Constantine I, Constantine the Great, or (among Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic[2] Christians) Saint Constantine, was a Roman Emperor, proclaimed Augustus by his troops on July 25, 306 and who ruled an ever-growing portion of the Roman Empire until his death.\n\nConstantine is best remembered in modern times for the Edict of Milan in 313, which fully legalized Christianity in the Empire, for the first time, and the Council of Nicaea in 325; these actions are considered major factors in the spreading of the Christian religion. His reputation as the "first Christian Emperor" has been promulgated by historians from Lactantius and Eusebius of Caesarea to the present day; although there has been debate over the veracity of his faith because he was baptized only on his death bed.[3]\n\n\nHis victory in 312 over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge resulted in his becoming Western Augustus, or ruler of the entire Western Roman Empire. He gradually consolidated his military superiority over his rivals in the crumbling Tetrarchy.\n\nIn the year 320, Licinius, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, reneged on the religious freedom promised by the Edict of Milan in 313 and began another persecution of the Christians. This was a puzzling inconsistency since Constantia, half-sister of Constantine and wife of Licinius, was an influential Christian. It became a challenge to Constantine in the west, climaxing in the great civil war of 324. The armies were so large another like these would not be seen again until at least the 14th century. Licinius, aided by Goth mercenaries, represented the past and the ancient faith of Paganism. Constantine and his Franks marched under the Christian standard of the labarum, and both sides saw the battle in religious terms. Supposedly outnumbered, but fired by their zeal, Constantine's army emerged victorious. With the defeat and death of Licinius (Constantine was known for being ruthless with his political enemies: Constantine had publicly promised to spare his life, but a year later he accused him of plotting against him and had him executed by strangulation), Constantine then became the sole emperor of the entire Roman Empire.[4]
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Between those dates, Rome conquered all of Italy, including the territory of the Sabines and the Greek colonists.  It also conquered all of the lands belonging to the Carthagineans, the third and final Punic War ended in 146 B.C.
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April, 25th.\nDay of liberation of Italy from Fascist regime.
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The Fall of Constantinople was the conquest of the Byzantine capital by the Ottoman Empire under the command of Sultan Mehmed II, on Tuesday, May 29, 1453. This marked not only the final destruction of the Eastern Roman Empire, and the death of Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor, but also the strategic conquest crucial for Ottoman rule over the Eastern Mediterranean and Balkans. The city remained capital of the Ottoman Empire until the empire's dissolution in 1922, and was officially renamed Istanbul by the Turkish Republic in 1930.
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World War II ended on September 2, 1945 with the formal surrender of Japan aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.\n\n(Italy surrendered in September 1943 & Germany in May 1945).
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The Roman Emperor between 41-54 was Claudius. The fifth emperor of Rome, Claudius reigned 13 years as a weak minded man who had been the laughing stock of the court. Claudius expelled all Jews from Rome in the year 49 and this circumstance was profoundly felt by the early church., When Claudius issued his decree forbidding Jewish worship in Rome, Christians fell under this ban for they were still considered a Jewish sect. There had been rioting in the city over one "Chrestos" presumably provoked by a disagreement between Rome's Jews and Christians over Jesus. \nClaudius succeeded Caligula and made his reign a landmark in the constitutional history of Rome by the admission of the Gallic nobles to the Roman Senate and the magistracies of the city. He made a military expedition to Britain and the conquest of the province by the name of Britannia in 43. Many towns soon sprang up there, which in time became important centers of trade and culture. \n\nThroughout his life Claudius was ruled by intriguing favorites and unworthy wives. For his fourth wife, he married his niece, the wicked Agrippina who secured his death by means of a dish of poisoned mushrooms. This in order to make place for the succession of her son Nero, then only 16. \n[318, 329, 350]
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It would have eventually become so corrupt that it would have become weak, then it would have been taken over and fallen. Rome was about 3 things, sex, money/ power, and violence. It would have inevitably become weak, and when it fell it already was.
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On November 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall fell\n\nOctober 3, 1990 the country was reunited
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The fall of the Roman Empire, was a decline from it's height to a slow death. There were numerous reasons. The Fundies and other religious folk like to use it as some sort of morality play, completely ignoring that, after about 100 ad, Christianity was the religion of the empire...\n\nOne of the major reasons was the decline of the Legions. Rome was built on the back of it's military, during the decling years, there was a definite decline in the troops. \n1) The Legions began to be filled by non-Romans. As The empire grew more prosperous, less citizens of Italy/Rome joined the Legions. The ranks were filled out by soldiers from various provences, and not citizens of Rome.\n2) The quality of these "provincial" soldiers was lower than the origional legions.\n3) The "provincial" soldiers had more loyalty to their provences, than to Rome.\n\nThe dynamics of the leadership changed. In the days of Legions that were strong, and loyal to Rome and the emperor, there was a strong empire, but as the legions loyalty was more to the provence where they origionated, and,.even more importantly, to their General (who paid them) than the Emperor, the dynamics of power shifted. The best a strong emperor could hope for was to stabilize the empire, under a weak leader, it shrank, the days of an expanding empire was over.\n\nMost of the decay of the nobility was probably caused by lead poisoning. The lead content inside noble families corpses, indicate enough lead to cause insanity...All the running water that was piped into the noble houses was provided by lead pipes, and all of it was contaminated by lead. So while there was a lack of sanity, and even a moral decline, this was one of the symptoms of the lead poisoning, and not the cause of the decay of the empire.\n\nSince the Empire was built by a strong military, when that military lost it's edge, and when the soldiers were more loyal to their General, than to Rome or the emperor, it was only a matter of time until this weakness would be exploited by the Barbarian tribes, most of which had been pushed back and dominated only due to the might of the Legions.
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Rome didn't have a particularly long life span.  The Roman Empire, as we know it, lasted only about 400 years, if that long.  The Egyptian Empire lasted several thousand years.\n\nI didn't check the dates, but that's close.  That being said, most governments last less than 200 years, which is why we consider the Romans to be long-lived.\n\nThe real answer to your question is assimilation.  When Romans conquered a people, they made them Roman citizens and incorporated them into the army.  They also gave the local people all of the benefits of Roman citizenry, such as aqueducts, amphitheaters, roads, baths, trade, protection, and republican government (form of self-rule). This made for loyal subjects rather than an insurgent populous.  Much easier to rule willing captives than disenchanted rabble.