Tag: rome
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History of Ancient Rome. IV.
The Roman empire continued declining in strength during the third century, as expansion ceased and there were increasingly higher amounts of internal and external threats. Civil wars waged against corrupt and inept emperors became common, while the German tribes took the initiative against Roman defences by combining their power in large unions to attack…
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History of Ancient Rome. III.
The new triumvirate arrangement later fell apart. When the governor of Gaul died, Octavian added that province to his sphere of influence and gradually consolidated his personal hold on Italy while being aided by competent and experienced military commanders. Lepidus attempted to gain a greater share in the empire by trying to raise a revolt…
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History of Ancient Rome. II.
Most of the newly acquired territories were organized as provinces under a Roman governor who possessed almost unlimited and uncontrolled power. While regulations for the rule of the provinces were made in each case by the Roman Senate, and they were not oppressive on the whole, the Senate did not make any provisions for compelling…
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History of Ancient Rome. I.
The development of civilisation in the western Mediterranean lagged far behind the eastern. Neolithic settlements appear to have appeared in Spain, Italy and southern France by about 3000 B.C. Western tribes of Indo-Europeans entered the Italian peninsula around 1700 B.C., followed by iron using people following them at approximately about 1100 B.C. The first Latin…