Ancient Rome

10 09, 2017

World history timeline: from Jesus to 400 AD

By |2017-10-14T14:56:41-07:00September 10th, 2017|History, Romans, When|Comments Off on World history timeline: from Jesus to 400 AD

Roman amphitheater (El Jem, Tunisia) The great empires formed during the last years before Christ continued peacefully through much of this period. In India, the Mauryan Empire collapsed. There was a period of [...]

5 09, 2017

Roman wars and warfare – the Roman military

By |2018-04-25T10:26:45-07:00September 5th, 2017|Romans, War|Comments Off on Roman wars and warfare – the Roman military

Roman soldiers on the Column of Marcus Aurelius, Rome The Romans were (along with some Greek city-states) among the first people on Earth to pay their soldiers a regular salary so that they could be [...]

4 09, 2017

Ptolemy – Roman astronomy – history of science

By |2018-04-11T09:22:19-07:00September 4th, 2017|Romans, Science|Comments Off on Ptolemy – Roman astronomy – history of science

A copy of Ptolemy's map of the world Ptolemy was born in Egypt in about 90 AD, when the Romans were ruling Egypt. He was a Roman citizen. Probably he was the son or grandson of [...]

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