His father died when Augustus was four. His prospects were bleak: Rome was dangerous, engulfed by civil war between power-hungry factions. One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar.

Vespasian (9 – 79 AD / ruled 69 – 79 AD) worked hard to restore law, order and self-respect to Rome after the civil war. He established the new, Flavian dynasty. Born to a Roman knight and tax ...

a decision that will lead to civil war. 49 B.C. As Caesar advances on Rome, Pompey and his allies retreat south, ultimately abandoning Italy for Greece. Caesar defeats Pompey’s forces in Spain.

ROME (AP) — Just before breaking the Ramadan ... their native Syria – they fled Damascus at the height of the civil war with only one change of clothes, diapers and milk for their toddler.

They have no pictures from their native Syria – they fled Damascus at the height of the civil war with only one change ... that Francis could bring back to Rome with him, and asked them to ...

Much like the empire of Rome. They forgot their history and repeated it and fell. Logan Saho, Captain of the 17th Virginian ...