Principate Timeline Commodus.© Trustees of the British Museum, produced by Natalia Bauer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme The period of the Roman Empire, prior to the A.D. 476 Fall of Rome in the West, is often divided into an earlier period called the Principate and a later period ca...
Learn about the history of Rome. See when the Roman Empire started, where it was located, what it was like at its height, and how long the Empire...
The Roman Empire was one of the mightiest empires of all time. Learn important dates and events that happened during the Roman Empire, as well as...
The Roman Empire was one of the greatest civilizations in history. It began in Rome in 753 BC. Rome controlled over two million square miles stretching from the Rhine River to Egypt and from Britain to Asia Minor. This timeline highlights the major eve
Ancient Roman history lasted for more than a millennium, during which the government changed substantially from kings to Republic to Empire. This timeline shows these major divisions over time and the defining features of each, with links to further timelines showing the key events in each period....
Trajan’s legacy encompasses tangible and symbolic elements deeply ingrained in the history of the Roman Empire. Trajan represented the archetypal Roman emperor—conqueror, civic planner, patron of the arts, and benevolent ruler—an ideal that later emperors aspired to emulate. ...
Earrings are one of the oldest forms of jewelry to exist. The women of the Roman Empire woreearringsprimarily to embellish the face, it was also to symbolize their value or position in society. Amethyst, which serve as a sign of enchantment, were one of the most popular materials around th...
Where was the Holy Roman Empire located? What was the Holy Roman Empire known for? Holy Roman Empire, the varying complex of lands in western and central Europe ruled by the Holy Roman emperor, a title held first by Frankish and then by German kings for 10 centuries. The Holy Roman Empir...
The Appian Way was celebrated by Horace andStatius, who called itlongarum regina viarum,or “queen of long-distance roads.” As the main highway to the seaports of southeastern Italy, and thus toGreeceand the eastern Mediterranean, the Appian Way was so important that during the empire it ...
its presence had economic as well as political results.Hadrian’s Wallwas the most impressivefrontierwork in the Roman Empire. Despite a period in the following two reigns when another frontier was laid out on the Glasgow–Edinburgh line—theAntonine Wall, built of turf—the wall of Hadrian ca...