The Roman Era is a period in Western history, when ancient
Rome was the centre of power of the world around the
Mediterranean Sea, where
Latin was the
lingua franca.Depending on sources, the Roman era starts somewhere in the 2nd or 1st century BC (e.g. 146 BC, Greece subjected by Rome for the first time - 30 BC, the
Roman empire stabilised for many centuries to come by
Caesar Augustus), and ends when the
Middle Ages start. This end date is even less defined, since several centuries elapse between the first major defeats of the
Roman Empire, e.g. Rome looted by the
Vandals, and the final defeat of the Eastern Roman empire (which had its center of power moved to
Constantinople). Conventionally, and as far as Western history is concerned, the end of the Roman era is placed as early as 330 AD, and as late as the 6th century.
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