Ancient Rome

Colosseum, Rome, Italy (Interior)

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Colosseum, Rome, Italy (Interior)

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Low-Earth-Orbit View of Malta and Sicily

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Colosseum, Rome, Italy (Model)

Model of Ancient Rome Showing the Colosseum and the Complex of Ludus Magnus Corbis Images [Ancient Rome] [Images]...

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ORB Online Encyclopedia--Late Roman Army

Late Antiquity in the Mediterranean. The birth of the Late Roman Army is usually taken to be the reforms of Diocletian (284-305) and Constantine (305-337). Their reforms were not completely innovative and forerunners of all their changes can be seen in the institutions and practices of the army of the third century AD. From the early fourth century...

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ORB Online Encyclopedia--Collapse of the Roman Empire

Late Antiquity in the Mediterranean. The Collapse of the Roman Empire--Military Aspects. Hugh Elton. Modern historians explain the collapse of the western Roman empire in the fourth and fifth centuries in one of two ways. One group follows an institutional approach, which finds the reasons in the long-term and looks closely at internal structures. ...

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ORB Online Encyclopedia--Barbarization

The term `barbarization` is used to describe the use of soldiers whose origins were outside the Roman Empire in the late Roman army. It has been argued (especially by Ramsay MacMullen) that this caused the army to decline in efficiency, though this is a view that is coming under some revision. There were two types of this `barbarization`. [Warfare...

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The Armies of The Roman Empire

Development of the Roman Legion from the late Republic to the height of the Empire. Campaigns and battles. Tactics and weapons of the Roman armies. Siege warfare / fortification. Profiles of the greatest military commanders. [Warfare] [Rome]...

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