The map, apparently of the 3rd century, was copied by a monk at Colmar, in 1265, who fortunately contented himself with adding a few scriptural names, and having been acquired by the learned Conrad Peutinger of FIG. 5. - A Section of Peutinger's Tabula. Augsburg it became known as ...
The Romans evacuated most of Morocco at the end of the 3rd century AD but people continued to live in Volubilis for many centuries. Only half of the city has been excavated; however, its most notable buildings include the basilica, Capitoline Temple, and the triumphal Arch of Caracalla. ...
Iron age Britain was dominated by one form of man made structure, that being the Roman road. Arguably the two Roman walls: the Antonine wall and Hadrian’s wall looked more impressive to the naked eye and the garrisons that became towns like Lindum and Veronis held large groups of humanity...
Established during the Roman era at the foot of the Moncayo Mountain, Tarazona was once a prosperous Roman city. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the 8th-century, it became a Muslim town before it was conquered by Alfonso I of Aragon and became the seat of the diocese of Tarazona...
The name was first attested in the 3rd century AC, but it was very likely used before. In 1935, Reza Shah (king of Iran at the time) asked the international community to call the country Iran instead of Persia. The name "Persia" was used by other countries but not Iranians. Persia ...
Take a tour of Ancient Rome On the course, you can ‘walk’ around the virtual city – discovering for yourself what Ancient Rome looked like in its heyday. Dr Nicholls says that the virtual map, Covers the whole ancient city within a 3rd-century wall circuit, the Aurelianic wall, thou...
How did the Scythian Empire fall? During the second half of the 3rd century BCE, the Scythian Empire was subjected to an onslaught of invasions by Celts and Thracians from the East, and Samaritans from the West. This led to the fall of the Classical period of Scythian culture, and of Sc...
In the ancient world it was successively the capital city of the Roman Kingdom, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and is regarded as one of the birthplaces of Western civilization. Since the 1st century AD, Rome has been considered the seat of the Papacy and in the 8th century ...
Inhabited by the original Umbri tribes in the 5th-century BC who built fortifying walls that can still be seen today, it was only in 774 that it became part of the Holy Roman Empire, when one of the Dukes of Lombard made it their official residence. Chosen as the filming location for ...
For several years in the 3rd century, the otherwise unassumingcity of Yorkwas the capital of the Roman Empire. But utterly captivating neighborhoods mix with famous landmarks and a dash of Harry Potter to create one of England’s must-see cities. ...