Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was a continent-spanning empire extending from Italy to England, Iraq, and Spain. Formed from the highly destabilized Roman Republic following Julius Caesar's assassination, the Roman Empire was one of the most powerful nations in the Western world at its height. However, as the empire grew too large to effectively rule, Constantine the Great divided it into East and West in 330 CE.
==Relevant history==
===Great Fire of Rome===
During the Great Fire of Rome in 63 CE, the Roman emperor Nero played a very early version of On Mount Golgotha on a lute variant of SCP-2458 to a crowd of Roman citizens. The notes formed by 2458 combined with 012's effects caused the crowd to be eviscerated by what was conjured during the performance. Nero then continued writing on the manuscript.Prelude: Primae Formae Goldsaver assisted in the rebuilding of Rome, Italia after the fire concluded.Entry Page: 6987
===Acquisition and use of SCP-3668===
The Pictish wielder of SCP-3668 defended his village and the inhabitants from Legio XX Valeria Victrix during the 78-85 CE Roman invasion of Scotland. Though the wielder was not defeated in combat, he surrendered himself and the shield once his fellow Picts did. Legio XX then used the shield infrequently in combat until it was given to Gnaeus Julius Agricola at the conclusion of the northern campaign. 
In 85 CE, Agricola was recalled to Rome, where he gave SCP-3668 to Emperor Domitian as a spoil of war. This then entered the possession of the Praetorian Office of Secret Wisdom of the Praetorian Guard. It was considered for use in defense of the Emperor, though this was denied. After the dissolution of the Praetorian Guard in 312 CE, it entered the possession of a former guard and passed through many hands until its eventual acquisition by the Vatican Holy Office for Secrets and Prophecies in 807 CE.Entry Page: 3668
===Altar of the Fatherland===
Sometime during the Roman Empire's reign, they excavated below the modern area of the Victor Emmanuel II Monument where SCP-001-IT/ABAD was located.Entry Page: 001-IT/ABAD
==External link==
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire
==Meta==
===Appearances===
*Lord Blackwood in the Land of the Unclean - 6 Jun 2012
*Prelude: Primae Formae - 10 Jun 2016
*Entry Page: 3668 - 21 Jun 2018
*An Anthropological Approach to Sarkicism - Case Study 02: The Divoši of Prague - 27 Nov 2018
*Entry Page: 4661 - 22 Aug 2019
*Entry Page: 001-IT/ABAD - 16 Feb 2020
*Entry Page: 5982 - 26 Aug 2020
*Entry Page: 6987 - 13 Dec 2021
==References==
Category:Groups
Category:Governments
Category:Empires
Category:Countries