History of Roman Empires

The term "Roman Empire" has been used by several empires throughout the centuries.

Original Roman Empire
In 27 B.C. the Italian city-state of Rome had conquered new lands as they were lead by Julius Caeser, but when this first Caeser arrived at the Roman senate to be crowned Empeor he was assasinated. After his assasination his adopted son Octavian a.k.a. Caeser Augustus. over the next three centuries Rome conquered the Mediterranean border of Africa and North about half-way into England. They conquered west to the Atlantic coast of Portugal and east to Arabia, but most of north eastern Europe was excluded from the Empire. Then in 330 AD The Roman Empire split East and West. The East became Byzantine Empire and Rome was territory of the West, but in 476 AD the West fell.

Byzantine Empire
The Byzantines controlled almost all of the former Empire east of Coatia, but by 1400 they barely controlled their own capitol and were overthrown by the Turks. This Empire did not actually contol Rome, but proclaimed themselves Romans.

Holy Roman Empire
In 962, the Frankish King, Charlamegne was crowned Roman Empeor by Pope Leo II and lead the kingdom of the Franks under the title Holy Roman Empire. This Empire would fight until 1806 when they colapsed into the Kingdoms of Franc, Italy, and Germany.

Mussolini's Empire
In 1922 Benito Mussolini became the Prime Minster of Italy and held this position through World War II. In the Second World War Mussolini took territory in North Africa making it the fourth empire to either include Rome or proclaim itself Roman. After Mussolini's death in the waining days of WWII his empire fell and was once again, just Italy.

New Roman Empire
In 2030, a year after Miami became a city-state. A fleet of 500,000 Miamian soldiers attacked Italy starting at the coast and making their way to Rome for the next four decades the armies of the Great Roman Empire took territory from Morroco's southern border, all of Europe, west to Nevada and Peru, and East to the Russian border. in 2072 it was the greatest empire, in size, of all time.