Augustus, satisfied with the accomplishments of both Drusus and Tiberius, pushed to make Germania Magna (between the Rhenus and Albis) a provinceof the Roman Empire. The Romans, however, had overestimated their position and found the tribes unwilling to accept the offer of provincial status. In ...
在读 The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 书名: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 作者: Edward Gibbon 副标题: Volumes 1-3 页数: 704 出版社: Everyman's Library 出版年: 1993-10-26 第3页 Chapter 1: The extent and military force of the Roman empire, in the age ...
The province itself was renamed Palestine; and of course, Jerusalem was already called Aelia Capitolina to stamp out any reference even to the Jewish names. The people were even forbidden from entering the temple complex to pray at their own sacred grounds, and the outer wall of the complex ...
LEGION OF THE DAMNED; They Were the Roman Empire's Most Fearsome Warriors, Sent Forth to Smash the Celts into Submission. Yet as Two Films Vie to Tell Their Story, a Haunting Mystery Remains: How Did the 6,000 Men of the Ninth Legion Vanish into Thin Air -- and Were They the ...
Persian Achaemenid Empire- Cyrus the Great; Macedonian Empire -Alexander the Great; Seleucid Empire- Antiochus the Fourth Epiphanes, infamous oppressor of Jews; Parthian Arascid Empire- Roman General Crassus, of the famous Triumvirate with Crassus and Caesar, w...
Road building remains one of the greatest Roman legacies. Where the empire expanded, it laid down emphatic, paved routes to move troops and supplies quickly, connecting forts, ports and other key points. And where imperial couriers and legionaries sped, merchants and trade followed, servicing the...
The preamble to Magna Carta includes the names of the following 27 ecclesiastical and secular magnates who had counselled John to accept its terms. The names include some of the moderate reformers, notably Archbishop Stephen Langton, and some of John's loyal supporters, such as William Marshal, ...
After the reign of Gordian III (238-244 AD), Persians and Germanics began to invade the frontier of the empire. Plus, a succession of Legionary Legates fought a progressive fifty-year civil war and large armies were raised. The treasury needed increasing amounts of silver to fund them. ...
Elvis Presley made his first public appearance as a singer on this day. It did not go well: he came fifth in a local talent show. But he was only ten
“It’s a very dramatic stamp on the countryside – there’s nothing more redolent of saying you’re entering the Roman empire than seeing that structure,” says Richard Abdy, lead curator of the British Museum’s current exhibition,Legion, which spotlights the everyday life of Roman soldiers...