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ROMAN EMPIRE Rise and Fall The tactics and discipline of the Roman army enabled the Roman Empire to expand and endure. It was the Roman emperors, the Caesars, who held all the power in Rome - over the people, the law, and the empire's military might. As the empire grew, its republican elements weakened and the power of Caesar expanded. The mighty ruler was responsible for protecting his people and for holding together an ever larger, ever more unwieldy empire. Caesar was given the title imperato