The Greatness that was Rome

   The Romans was perhaps the greatest Empire is western civilization, stretching from Scotland , to Palestine , teeming with more then 50 million inhabitants at its heights, Rome dominated the Mediterranean world. The Roman Empire started out as a measly petty city state in central Italy around 500 B.C. The Romans were originally ruled by  monarchy until that system was over through an a republic was formed which lasted until 27  B.C. When a dictatorship was established, and Rome became an Empire. Over the next 200 years Rome expanded across the Mediterranean , spreading a common language, currency, law, and way of life. The Romans in turn adopted many foreign customs and practices from there subjected people. Christianity was the most significant faiths that the Romans encountered, and in its waning centuries adopted and sponsored as the empire's official religion.