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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... rule by the end of the 1st century . Britain was a relatively late addition to the Roman Empire . Julius Caesar had made two expeditions to southern England in 55 and 54 BC , but though he received the nominal submission of several ...
... rule by the end of the 1st century . Britain was a relatively late addition to the Roman Empire . Julius Caesar had made two expeditions to southern England in 55 and 54 BC , but though he received the nominal submission of several ...
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... rule . Further north , in Gaul , Britain and the Germanies , were the less urbanized lands of the Celts and others . To all these regions Roman rule brought cer- tain benefits - notably peace and wider trading opportunities - and the ...
... rule . Further north , in Gaul , Britain and the Germanies , were the less urbanized lands of the Celts and others . To all these regions Roman rule brought cer- tain benefits - notably peace and wider trading opportunities - and the ...
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... rule which Diocletian had established did not long survive his retirement in 305. In the west , the struggle was between Maxentius , who had seized Italy and North Africa , and Constantine , who had succeeded his father Constantius as ...
... rule which Diocletian had established did not long survive his retirement in 305. In the west , the struggle was between Maxentius , who had seized Italy and North Africa , and Constantine , who had succeeded his father Constantius as ...
Contents
From City to Empire | 12 |
The Origins of Rome | 20 |
The Unification of Italy | 22 |
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