The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient RomeMore than fifteen centuries after its fall, the Roman Empire remains one of the most formative influences on the history of Europe. Its physical remains dot the landscape from Scotland to Syria. Its cities are still the great metropolises of the continent. Its law and institutions have shaped modern practice, and its ideal of a united Europe has haunted politicians ever since. Fully illustrated and featuring more than sixty full- colour maps, this atlas traces the rise and fall of the first great multinational state. It looks at its provinces and cities, its trade and economy, its armies and frontier defences; follows its foreign ward and internecine struggles; and charts its transformation into a Christian theocracy and its fall in 476. |
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... Rhine 56 BC Caesar bridges Rhine and campaigns against Germani 52 BC Gallic confederacy under Vercingetorix rebels against Roman rule , but is crushed at Alesia Alesia 58 BC Sequani Bibracte Mont Beuvray Aedui Matisco Macon L. Geneva Rhine ...
... Rhine 56 BC Caesar bridges Rhine and campaigns against Germani 52 BC Gallic confederacy under Vercingetorix rebels against Roman rule , but is crushed at Alesia Alesia 58 BC Sequani Bibracte Mont Beuvray Aedui Matisco Macon L. Geneva Rhine ...
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... Rhine , supported by substantial auxiliary forces . It was the Rhine legions which backed Vitellius's bid for power in AD 69 ( pages 52-3 ) , and the army of Britain which supported Clodius Albinus in the 190s pages 96-7 ) . The most ...
... Rhine , supported by substantial auxiliary forces . It was the Rhine legions which backed Vitellius's bid for power in AD 69 ( pages 52-3 ) , and the army of Britain which supported Clodius Albinus in the 190s pages 96-7 ) . The most ...
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... Rhine frontier rather than fight them , his soldiers decided they had had enough . They murdered Alexander and his mother , and proclaimed as emperor one of their own commanders , Maximinus the Thracian . The Slide towards Crisis The ...
... Rhine frontier rather than fight them , his soldiers decided they had had enough . They murdered Alexander and his mother , and proclaimed as emperor one of their own commanders , Maximinus the Thracian . The Slide towards Crisis The ...
Contents
Foreword 58 | 8 |
The Imperial Regime | 38 |
Hadrians Travels | 72 |
Copyright | |
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