𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆 (𝑳𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏: 𝑺𝒆𝒏𝒂̄𝒕𝒖𝒔 𝑹𝒐̄𝒎𝒂̄𝒏𝒖𝒔) 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒆. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚❟ 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒆 (𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 753 𝑩𝑪). 𝑰𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒗𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒚 𝒊𝒏 509 𝑩𝑪; 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 1𝒔𝒕 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒚 𝑩𝑪; 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝑫 395; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒏 476; 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒏❜𝒔 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 6𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒚❟ 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑬𝒎𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒆❜𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚.