Map of the Roman Empire at its Greatest Extent (around 117 AD), Showing its Location on a Modern Map of the World
The early Roman Republic (509–264bce) and the preceding regal period (753–509bce) are the most poorly documented periods of Roman history. Historical writing in Rome did not begin until the late 3rd centurybce, when Rome had already completed its conquest ofItaly, established itself as a ...
Gaul, the region inhabited by the ancient Gauls, comprising modern-day France and parts of Belgium, western Germany, and northern Italy. A Celtic people, the Gauls lived in an agricultural society divided into several tribes ruled by a landed class. A br
The Roman Empire or imperial period (the time of the Roman emperors), is quite precisely stated to have lasted 503 years; beginning with the accession of Octavian/Augustus in 27 BC, through to the fall ofRomulus Augustus (also known by his nickname, Augustulus), the last emperor in the W...
A lover of ancient Greece, Emperor Hadrian transformed Athens into a new cultural center and was worshipped as a god in return.
mid- and late republican Rome have instead often been described as part of a Hellenistic koiné, a widely shared culture of fashionable objects, architecture, and ideas which circulated from the successor states of Alexander's empire in the East to the Greek and Carthaginian cities in southern Ga...
The largest one was London, which they called Londinium; by the end of the first century London had become one of the great cities of the Roman empire. Other large towns were Colchester, St. Albans and Aquae Sulis (now Bath). Roman towns were all laid out in the same way – each ...
By systematic comparison of archaeological plans with those of today, and using satellite imagery as a tool, it is possible to map the degree of persistence of the Roman or Greek plan. The level of survival of the ancient plans is variable: it is high for example in northern Italy and ...
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EXPLORE ROMAN ITALY EXPLORE ROMAN LUXEMBOURG EXPLORE ROMAN MALTA EXPLORE ROMAN NETHERLANDS EXPLORE ROMAN PORTUGAL Temporary Exhibitions with an Ancient Rome Theme Finds from Fort Vechten: One hundred objects from a Roman frontier fort Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, Netherlands – until 31 October 202...