We were in Tokyo over New Year this year and had a great time visiting temples and the sales with the locals. The temples had a great atmosphere with lots of people, great food stalls and general feeling of everyone being happy and enjoying themselves.
Answer Wiki. Yes. To quote the famous line, âThe Holy Roman Empire was neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empireâ. The Roman Empire was centered on Rome, Italy, and is considered to have lasted from 27BCE/BC until 476CE/AD. It was formed from the Roman Republic before it, with roots stretching back from the 8th century BC.
The Roman Empire: A Vast Superpower. The Roman Empire of the first and second centuries A.D. was just such a superpower. It stretched from the moors of Scotland out to the Tigris and Euphrates River valleys of Iraq today, and from the North Seas of Germany to the sands of the Sahara.