A potentate had absolute power to make laws and command the army for 6 months.
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<span>Brutus thinks Caesar might become a tyrant and even abolish the Senate, or at best have the Senate totally irrelevant. servant to Caesar. Brutus fears that all
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Nationalism spread across Europe during Napoleon's time. It was repressed for a generation under the Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe until the revolutions of 1845/1845. The term "Nationalism" can be defined as a group of people with the same nationality should unite together under a single flag. Napoleon nationalised France and then moved across the rest of Europe, conquering countries along the way. Eventually, Napolean was defeated and the Congress of Vienna was held by the heads of the European countries. The aim of these meeting was to ensure peace and stability in Europe. The revolutions of 1845/1848 overthrew the repressive European governments of the day.
The last straw that ended the Roman Empire for good were Barbarian groups attacking them and their land.