Ancient Rome

The Roman Empire at its Greatest Extent

This map of the Roman Empire was scanned from pages 16 & 17 of a 1925 reprint of the 1907 Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography in the Everyman Library, published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. and is, by Canadian copyright law, in the public domain, to the best of my knowledge....

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SLAVE-MISTRESS RELATIONSHIPS

"Marriage more shameful than adultery": slave-mistress relationships, "mixed marriages," and late roman law. JUDITH EVANS-GRUBBS...

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Roman Military Sites in Britain

Legionary Forts Vexillation Forts Auxiliary Forts Marching Camps Fortlets Stations/Towers Practice Works...

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ARMAMENTARIVM: the Book of Roman Arms and Armour

A dynamic illustrated source book about Roman military equipment....

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Barbarization in the Late Roman Army

Late Antiquity in the Mediterranean. The term `barbarization` is used to describe the use of soldiers whose origins were outside the Roman Empire in the late Roman army....

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HWC, The Fall of the Republic

In this chapter, the lives and impact of Caesar, Octavian, Antonius (Antony) and even Cleopatra, along with the continuing stories of men like Pompey, Crassus and Cicero will be examined. The Fall of the Republic was more than a single man or event. It was a culmination of several individual actions or achievements, coupled with social conditions t...

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The reign of Augustus as Emperor

Augustus had won the war, but the question (a question I think Vergil had) was whether he could win the peace....

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