People from all over the world are in the tiny town of Lotus in El Dorado County looking for something that's out of this world, but leave it to a stay-at-home mom walking her dog to find a precious meteorite.
The origins of the great civilization known as the Byzantine Empire can be traced to 330 A.D., when the Roman emperor Constantine I dedicated a ânew Romeâ on the site of the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium.
Introduction. Beginning in the eighth century B.C., Ancient Rome grew from a small town on central Italyâs Tiber River into an empire that at its peak encompassed most of continental Europe, Britain, much of western Asia, northern Africa and the Mediterranean islands.he sack of Rome in 455 by the Vandals signaled the collapse of the Roman Empire. 1  Contents. 2  Origins of Rome. 3  The Early Republic. 4  Military Expansion. 5  Internal Struggles in the Late Republic. 6  Caesarâs Rise. 7  From Caesar to Augustus. 8  Age of the Emperors. 9  Decline and Disintegration. 10  Print. 11  Cite.