For various raisons, the 1st century BC wis a time o poleetical an militar upheaval, that ultimately led tae rule bi emperors. It wis ruled, nae bi emperors, but bi annually electit magistrates ( Roman Consuls abuin aw) in conjunction wi the senate. The Roman Republic wis nae a naition-state in the modren sense, but a network o touns left tae rule themsels (tho wi varyin degrees o unthirldom frae the Roman Senate) an provinces admeenistert bi militar commanders. Then, it wis an "empire" lang afore it haed an emperor. Roum haed began expandin shortly efter the foondin o the republic in the 6t century BC, tho it did nae expand ootside the Italian Peninsula till the 3rd century BC. The eastren pairt wis cried the Byzantine Empire - fer the auld name o the kintra - wi a caipital at Constantinople. The wastren pairt o the Roman Empire conteena'd for nearhaund 1000 year, an the eastren pairt, includin Greece an Turkey, conteena'd for aboot a thoosand year mair. Mony modren kintras are on land that wis aince pairt o the Roman Empire, includin Ingland, Spain, Portugal, Fraunce, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Egyp, an the north coast o Africae. Efter him, Hadrian shapit it less muckle, an shapit Hadrian's waw ben the nor o Ingland. The Roman Empire wis maist muckle whan ringed ower bi Trajan ben the year 117. Afore that, Rome haed been a republic ringed ower bi a cooncil cried the " Senate". The first emperor o Rome wis Octavian, efter cried Augustus, frae the year 27 BC. The Roman Empire (or Impire) wis a gey muckle empire wi its caipital in Roum, ringed ower bi an emperor.
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