of rivers and canals Map reveals how much it would have cost to travel on roads and seas across the empire in 200 CE It calculates the route based on the season, or mode of transport chosen - and ...
Caledonia, as it was known then, was a frustrating place to be a Roman commander. Rome tried three times to conquer it—and ...
This book challenges the artifact's self-presentation as a Roman map by examining its medieval contexts of crusade, imperial ambitions, and competition between the German-Roman Empire and the papacy.
They were viewed as fundamental to Roman civilization and an obvious example of Rome’s superiority to the rest of the world. Every day, Romans would finish work around the middle of the ...
The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...