The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient RomeMore than fifteen centuries after its fall, the Roman Empire remains one of the most formative influences on the history of Europe. Its physical remains dot the landscape from Scotland to Syria. Its cities are still the great metropolises of the continent. Its law and institutions have shaped modern practice, and its ideal of a united Europe has haunted politicians ever since. Fully illustrated and featuring more than sixty full- colour maps, this atlas traces the rise and fall of the first great multinational state. It looks at its provinces and cities, its trade and economy, its armies and frontier defences; follows its foreign ward and internecine struggles; and charts its transformation into a Christian theocracy and its fall in 476. |
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... eastern Mediterranean . From the end of the 4th century BC , the eastern Mediterranean was domi- nated by the Hellenistic states which Alexander the Great's generals had carved out of his empire after his death : Macedonia ; the ...
... eastern Mediterranean . From the end of the 4th century BC , the eastern Mediterranean was domi- nated by the Hellenistic states which Alexander the Great's generals had carved out of his empire after his death : Macedonia ; the ...
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... eastern provinces , the powerful trading city of Palmyra assumed the leadership of the region . During the first two and a half centuries AD , the city of Palmyra operated as " In the manner of a semi - independent power on the fringes ...
... eastern provinces , the powerful trading city of Palmyra assumed the leadership of the region . During the first two and a half centuries AD , the city of Palmyra operated as " In the manner of a semi - independent power on the fringes ...
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... eastern empire , authority reverted to Valentinian's son and successor in the west , the Emperor Gratian ( 367-83 ) . He installed his army commander Theodosius I as the new eastern emperor . To Theodosius fell the enormous task of ...
... eastern empire , authority reverted to Valentinian's son and successor in the west , the Emperor Gratian ( 367-83 ) . He installed his army commander Theodosius I as the new eastern emperor . To Theodosius fell the enormous task of ...
Contents
From City to Empire | 12 |
The Origins of Rome | 20 |
The Unification of Italy | 22 |
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