Tabula Peutingeriana: Map of ancient Roman roads. The construction of this road met up with a great deal of opposition in theRoman Senatebut it soon proved its worth asa source of stable occupationand then as an extremely efficient means of moving troops. In the year 267BC it reached as ...
The importance of the Roman agora as Athens’ main oil market during the Roman period is also reinforced by the inscription bearing Hadrian’s olive oil law on the doorway of the agora which outlined taxes and fines for false declarations of the production, export, or sale of olive oil there...
Ancient Roman mythology had its roots in Indo-European and Proto-Italic religions. This affected Roman mythology names like Jupiter (Day-Father). As Roman influence expanded the myths and gods of other nations were also absorbed, including the Etruscans,
TheRomanroad was the road model used byRome for the construction of its Empire. The road network was used by the army in the conquest of territories. Large forces could be mobilized with a speed never seen before.He played a fundamental role in the economy because the transport of goods wa...
Roman period, but itacquiredits present extent much earlier, in the 4th centurybce, with the construction of an enormous stoa (portico), 525 feet (160 metres) in length, that enclosed its southern side. Immediately behind the south stoa began the road leading to the city’s other port of...
It was traversed by a Roman road, and Illyria’s ports served as important trade and transit links between Rome and eastern Europe. Copper, asphalt, and silver were mined in parts of the region, and Illyrian wine, oil, cheese, and fish were exported to Italy. Since the semiautonomous ...
Roman roads vary from simple corduroy roads to paved roads using deep roadbeds of tamped rubble as an underlying layer to ensure that they kept dry, as the water would flow out from between the stones and fragments of rubble, instead of becoming mud in clay soils. ...
Holloways, formed by ancient streams and used for centuries by farmers and travelers, undulate through the Limburg region of the Netherlands and Belgium. But development threatens to destroy the lanes’ unique habitat.
Ancient Rome Geography: Rome was one of the most powerful civilisations in history. The Roman Empire ruled over its territory for over 1,000 years. Began as a small village near the Tiber River in the west of Italy.
In Timgad in ancient Rome, the area of a block was taken as the modulus A (its area was the area of a square of land with sides of 15 Roman passus), the area of the whole city was 200A, the area of the residential area was 90A, the area of the streets was 75A, and the ...