{"id":6054,"date":"2026-03-30T13:18:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/2026\/03\/30\/free-inquiry-blog-post-7-the-roman-empire\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:18:56","slug":"free-inquiry-blog-post-7-the-roman-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edtechuvic.ca\/edci336\/2026\/03\/30\/free-inquiry-blog-post-7-the-roman-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"Free Inquiry Blog Post #7: The Roman Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"

For my upcoming practicum I have been told I am teaching a unit on the Roman Empire. I was super enthusiastic about this, and then I realized I knew absolutely nothing about the Roman Empire. So Ive decided for my last inquiry blog I would look into the Roman Empire and prepare myself. My first few questions are; how long did the Roman Empire last, who led the Roman Empire, and how powerful was the Roman Empire.<\/p>\n

I started by doing some online research on the Roman Empire. I started by simply searching up \u201cintroduction to the Roman Empire\u201d. The first site that came up was \u201cBritannica\u201d (https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Roman-Empire<\/a>). From this website I learned that the Roman Empire was centred around the city of Rome, and was created in 27 BCE (Before Christ Era), after the fall of the Roman Republic. In 395 AD it separated into western and eastern empires, the Western Empire ended in 475, and the Eastern Empire lasted until 1453 as it morphed into the Byzantine Empire. <\/p>\n

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Image source: https:\/\/www.freepik.com\/free-ai-image\/view-ancient-roman-empire-colosseum_76739370.htm#fromView=search&page=1&position=2&uuid=be2bb532-d6ab-4b2c-821f-d03271a69188&query=Roman+empire<\/a> <\/p>\n

I also found out that the first Roman Emperor was Augustus, he was in power from 27 BC to 14 CE (Christ Era). He came into power after the assassination of his uncle Julius Caesar and his victory at Actium. Augustus was the first but there were so so so many other leaders, too many to list. here is a link to all of the leaders; https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/place\/Roman-Republic<\/a>. I wanted to go a bit more in depth on this topic so I searched up \u201cwho were the most impactful roman emperors\u201d and this history website came up (https:\/\/www.history.com\/articles\/timeline-emperors-roman-republic<\/a>). It provides a list of 11 Roman Emperors who molded the ancient world. The first two spots were held by Julius Caesar, and Augustus. The third spot was taken by a man named Tiberius who apparently did a great job at acquiring land for Rome. his Military conquests were held in very high regard however, He was not interested in being an emperor or politician. He was solely about violence and conquering land. Under his rule Romes territory went into present day Croatia and Germany. While looking through the list I recognized one of the names \u201cMarcus Aurelius\u201d from the first gladiator movie. I didn\u2019t know that he was a real historical figure. Marcus Aurelius is widely viewed as the emperor philosopher. He wrote pieces that are considered to be philosophical canon. He claimed that being a clear and unbiased thinker was the key to universal reason. <\/p>\n

The Roman Empire was extremely powerful and had the most impressive army of the ancient civilizations (https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/Roman_Army\/<\/a>). The military was extremely disciplined, organized, and innovative. They fought with ferociousness and strategy. They had weapons that others didn\u2019t have access to which provided a large advantage. This army was able to take over and conquer a crazy amount of land.<\/p>\n

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Image Source: https:\/\/www.worldhistory.org\/Roman_Army\/<\/a> by Simeon Netchev <\/p>\n

Next, I will look into the fall of the Roman Empire and what caused it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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