- the roman republic emerges as a world power after the punic wars through their strategic battle techniques and conquering so much land- julius caesar becomes sole consul after he illegally crossed the rubicon river and changes the senate to 600 people from 300 to give himself more power: he is assassinated and augustus attempts to revenge his death- augustus defeats antony and cleopatra at the battle of actium which causes him to become the first emperor of rome because he pulls the roman empire out of turmoil and civil war- augustus replaces the roman empire with an effective monarchy and brought peace and stability by uniting the empire: this period is called pax romana

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