Roman Empire

The Roman Empire is an empire located in Italy, a country in southern Europe. Its first emperor was Augustus, the nephew and adopted son of Julius Caesar. It was formed by Augustus after the disastrous end of the Roman Civil War that escolated when Julius Caesar became official dictator of the First Roman Republic after he ousted the other men in the First Triumvirate.

First Emperor of Rome
Augustus, the name Octavian took after he defeated Mark Anthony in a second civil war, returned to Rome, the capital of the now weakened First Roman Republic, triumphant. There, he was welcomed by the citizens of Rome and the Roman senators and was honored by the senate when they appointed him first emperor of Rome. Once emperor, his emperorship begin the Pax Romana, a period of Roman peace.

Rome the capital of the empire
Rome, located on seven hills near the Tiber River and now stretched to the suburbs from the original location, was originally the capital of the weak First Roman Republic. Once it became the capital of the Roman Empire, it prospered under Augustus's rule and the Pax Romana.

The stretch of the Empire
During the time of the empire, every emperor extended the boundaries of the empire until the boundaries had been stretched too far from Spain to the Middle East.

The Last Olympian
The Roman Empire is not mentioned in The Last Olympian but it is believed in The Lost Hero that the Roman Camp Half-Blood demigods were led by Jason Grace to Mount Tamalpais/Mount Orthys to destroy the Titan war base while the Greek demigods were defending Manhattan and Mount Olympus from Kronos's second Titan Army in the Battle of Manhattan.

The Lost Hero
In the end of The Lost Hero, demigods ﻿from the Greek Camp Half-Blood discover that there is really a Roman Camp Half-Blood that is presumed located near San Francisco in the United States of America. As like the Olympian Gods and Mount Olympus following the center of the power of Western Civilization, the Roman version of Camp Half-Blood,founded when Western Civilization once stayed in Ancient Rome, has its own version of the Greek Deities (the Gods).

Although the Empire itself is not mentioned, it is shown that its own Gods have intermerged with mortal human society by the Gods marrying mortal women.

Roman Camp Half-Blood
The Roman Camp Half-Blood is a little version of the Roman Empire itself although it has the likeness of the Greek camp. However, like its patronages (the Roman Gods) and the Roman Empire, the camp itself takes great care in the training of demigod offsprings of Roman Gods in the militaristic motto of the '''Roman Empire. '''

Like the Roman Empire, the camp's trainings are of that of military, discipline, and loyalty. The camp's activities director, a she-wolf named Lupa (and the one who took care of the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus), takes in the ideals of the '''Roman Empire. '''

Location in the United States of America
The Roman Camp Half-Blood is presumed to be near the city of San Francisco, California, in the United States of America. It is not true of its actual location near San Francisco in the second Camp Half-Blood series or the Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero.

Roman Deities
The Roman Gods that are the patronages of the Roman Camp Half-Blood and the former Roman Empire are the following:


 * Jupiter - godly tasks of that of his Greek form but more militaristic


 * Juno - unlike her Greek form, Juno is more militaristic and disciplined. Her weapons are more of a gladius


 * Vulcan - the Roman god of the forges and blacksmiths


 * Neptune - has same tasks as that of its Greek counterpart