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Roman legions could deploy and harness resources wherever needed. The city of Rome was effectively the center and genesis of their universe, so the Empire built its roads from that place, outward. If you were somewhere wandering lost in the land, you could be guaranteed a way back “home....
…Based on this analysis, Tacitus provides an independent Roman witness to the death of Christ. So, in addition to the four written narratives depicting the crucifixion which were drawn from witnesses sympathetic to Christ, Josephus strongly infers concurrence among the Jewish opposition, and Tacitus ...
Roman domination of London effectively ended in 410, when the legions were withdrawn to tackle some pressing domestic matters (Rome was being sacked). We know very little about London over the next two hundred years. The city inside the Roman walls was at some point abandoned. Germanic tribes,...
Though named for the Roman Catholic saint of the blind (the word "Lucia" comes from the Latin lux, meaning "light"), the holiday is now more secular than religious, and its celebrations bring light to Norwegian communities on what was historically considered the shortest day of the year. ...
but it existed long before the legions arrived as a centre of Celtic power. The Celts called the place Camuloduno, so the origins of the modern name are a little mysterious. It may simply refer to the Romancolonia, or outpost, which the fortified town (-chester) grew up around. Another...
How Julius Caesar’s Assassination Triggered the Fall of the Roman Republic Julius Caesar’s killers attempted to thwart a dictator. They inadvertently created an emperor. Christopher Klein Leemage/Corbis/Getty Images Published: September 01, 2021 Last Updated: March 02, 2025 Print Copy ...
Dunbar found that centuries ago Roman army legions were all about 150 in size, a number that carried over to companies of troops circa WW2. Neolithic farming communities would, like many tribes, sub-divide into separate communities at around 150, just like Gore-Tex does today. In modern ...
When he left on a trip to Rome for his inauguration, rioting started again. It got so bad that even Archelaus’ troops couldn’t deal with the problem and the Roman governor of Syria had to step in with his legions. Over 2,000 people were crucified. ...
In North Africa, despite the return of Hannibal, the Carthaginians were soon defeated when Rome managed to convince the subject Numidians to rebel against Carthage. This period of conflict was rife with tribes and city-states who used the larger Roman-Carthaginian conflict to pursue their own ...