World History Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire Rome went from being a small town in Italy to being the center of a vast empire. This took hundreds of years and many wars. Rome was a lot like the present day United States - their government (for a while) but, most importantly, our attitude Rome: The Beginning Romulus and Remus In 800 BC a Latin Princess had twins, fathered by the god Mars. Since the …showed first 75 words of 3259 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3259 total…Attila, invaded but were beaten. The End of the Western Roman Empire Vandals, a really barbaric German tribe, took Rome (came from the south). The Romans had hired Germanic soldiers to fight for Rome. These soldiers eventually overthrew the Western Roman leader Romulus Augustulus, and made the German Odoacer ruler in 476 AD. This was the end of the Roman empire in the West. The Eastern part of the empire would keep going for another 1000 years.