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May 13, 2024 · Roman Britain, area of the island of Great Britain that was under Roman rule from the conquest of Claudius in 43 ce to the withdrawal of imperial authority by Honorius in 410 ce. Roman Gaul The Roman conquest of northern Gaul (58–50 bce ) brought Britain into definite contact with the Mediterranean .
May 6, 2024 · Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire, the eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived for a thousand years after the western half had crumbled into various feudal kingdoms and which finally fell to Ottoman Turkish onslaughts in 1453. The very name Byzantine illustrates the misconceptions to which the empire’s history has often been subject ...
4 days ago · The road is now accurately marked on the O.S. maps throughout most of its course, but its termination in the Hamworthy peninsula, where it may have thrown off a branch touching the known settlement (Poole (402)) on the S. shore of Holes Bay, is uncertain.
May 10, 2024 · Getty. Where ancient Roman history and legend make romance in the small Welsh town of Caerleon. Almost 2,000 years ago, the small Welsh town of Caerleon on the River Usk was an all-mighty, bustling metropolis, its cobbled streets wore smooth by the foot traffic of Roman soldiers. Today the sleepy village provides perhaps the best evocation in ...
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May 18, 2024 · Roman Empire, the ancient empire, centered on the city of Rome, that was established in 27 BCE following the demise of the Roman Republic and continuing to the final eclipse of the empire in the West in the 5th century CE. Learn more about the Roman Empire in this article.
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3 days ago · Road 4, approaching York from the N.E., possibly from Malton, DERVENTIO, may, in modern topographical terms, have crossed the city boundary with Stockton Lane (N.G. 625533). The early 18th-century road from Malton following the line of the present Stockton Lane was believed by F. Drake ( Eboracum (1736), 36) to follow the course of a Roman road.
4 days ago · Map showing approximate travel time from Rome in July, by high-speed ship, private boat or by road. The contours indicate the time measured in days. Mild summer winds, called “Etesian”, were decisive for shipping.
