Translation of "ancient Rome" into Portuguese

a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula in the 9th century BC to a large empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. In its 12 centuries of existence, Roman civilization shifted from a monarchy, to a republic based on a combination of oligarchy and democracy, to an autocratic empire. It came to dominate Western Europe and the area surrounding the Mediterranean Sea through conquest and assimilation. (source: Wikipedia).

The civilization associated with Rome from the 9th century BC to the 12th century AD and the Roman Empire centered on it [..]