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74The Roman Empire's History
Why did the Roman Empire fall? Rome’s greatest advantages were Rome’s greatest weaknesses since the fall of Rome was due to its enormous size as well as the way the Romans treated their empire. Rome...
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63IS LONDON JUST A PILE OF RUBBISH?
In a survey carried out earlier this year it said that London was voted as one of the dirtiest cities in the world. Actually, London is a very clean city now, compare to other places like for example Cairo,...
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61Alaric
Alaric was the King of the Visigoths and the first Germanic leader to capture Rome. Born Peuce, an island at the mouth of the Danube River, about 370 A.D. Died Cosentia (now Cosenza), Italy, 410 A.D. After...
70Emperor Trajan
Trajan (53-117), Roman emperor, who directed the last major expansion of the Roman Empire. Trajan was born Marcus Ulpius Traianus in Italica, Spain, on September 18, 53. His father, also Marcus Ulpius...
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72Portus Adurni - Where was it?
Who, or what, you may ask, is Portus Adurni? Long story. Back in the 5th century, some Roman administrator made a list of all the Roman Army units, where they were stationed and under whose command. ...
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64Spartacus
The leader of a slave revolt in the first century BC, Spartacus and his followers seriously defied the power of Rome. The expansion of Rome in the centuries after the Punic Wars, together with the activities of pirates, had resulted in a large increase in the number of slaves in Italy. Those used on the large estates belonging to wealthy Romans were often poorly treated and a desire for gladiatorial shows had led to the widespread use of slaves as gladiators.
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72Iliad Epic
The greatest epic poem of classical Greece, attributed to Homer. Its subject is the wrath of Achilles and its disastrous con sequences at the siege of Troy (also called Ilion, hence Iliad) about 1180 B.C. Much of the language is traditional, for Homer was largely an oral poet who composed in recurrent formulaic phrases that fit neatly into the dactylic hexameter line.
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67Rome, US Parallel True?
The roman Empire gradually lost its influence as a result of eroding confidence in the senate, the influence of...
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67Roman Emperors Pt. 5
Reigned: 18 September 96 -- 27 January 98 Succeeding Domitian, which brought an end to the short-lived Flavian dynasty, Nerve came to the throne at 65, in a reign that established the...
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67Roman Emperors Pt. 4
Reigned: 1 July 69 – 24 June 79 Born Titus Flavius Vespasianus, Vespasian founded the short-lived Flavian dynasty, which ruled Rome from 69 to 96 after being succeeded by his sons, Titus and...
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