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Or, for that matter, would the Empire had been better off if Augustus had continued to push for a Roman line on the Elbe, even after Varus annihilation in the...
This is an interesting question. Marcus Aurelius is a personal hero of mine so obviously I would find that Cassius's attempted coup was deplorable, but the ...
I think that the only way this would have changed history was if the German tribes then brought into the Empire had provided a loyal Romanised military pool ...
Hello. "Kakhi",<br><br>I have been reading your message about Aurelius with interest!<br><br>No doubt: sitting in his tent, (in between travelling, battles, ...
The key point in a change in histoory was the short period germany was in the empire. then withdrawal after Teutoberg.<br><br>It would have enormously ...
You could be right; but doesn't this " shortening the lines"; and "Huns fighting recruted-Goths" is an idea which is coming-up into our minds, looking ...
I didn't know about the "misunderstanding theory" before. (One just keeps learning new things all the time here - great!). <br><br>Now I think that it explains...
The story about the list is a little different to my understanding. The Legate of Cappadocia, Martius Verus (I don't know if this name makes him actually a ...
My own impression, because the "Meditations" touch such personal and individual themes, is that Marcus Aurelius was putting together some writings first and...
Cassius was a strict disciplinarian, and I suspect his triumph might have prevented or at least postponed one of the most serious problems of subsequent years:...
My impression is that there is little difference between Cassius and Severus. As you point out, they both had to contend wih a developping problem, that of how...
The conquest of Dacia increased the length of the Roman northern frontier. Trajan wasn't trying to shorten the line but to remove the threat posed by...
On its own it didn't, but a line Elbe - Carpathians, narrow gap between Carpathians and the Black Sea at "Scythia Minor" (the Dobrudja), with the Danube in the...
Whilst I have no evidence to support my assertion, I suspect the burning the list of conspirators without opening was for public consumption. It looks very ...
Rome has come back strongly before and with the lost of even more legions for example Arausio. That disiater was not even a single incident but the worst of a ...
I came across a reference to the stench of decaying Murex around Tyre as a result of the production of Tyrian purple dye. Apart from proving that industrial...
Cannae was another good example, but the army of the Empire was professional, in contrast to the Republic. Perhaps most citizens no longer expected to serve,...
The Etruscans had a triad of gods which the Romans, under Greek influence, took over as Jupiter, Minerva and Juno. The Jupiter character I believe was Tin....
By all mean but do not feel constrained to stick to what we are alrady duscussing. Imperial Rome has the widest possible remit and we can go off at a tangent...
It always interests me the ability of the Greek pantheon to unite with local gods. A similar thing happened in Asia Minor where Artemis was linked with Kibele...
I would doubt if Tyrian purple is still made as the reason for its popularity was the brilliant colour compared with other animal and vegetable dyes. Until the...
Hi, Emperor Augustus,<br><br>Nowadays they can produce dyes synthetically ofcourse, but it seems that Pope John Paul II is wearing purple robes, of which the...
