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2 days ago · 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.
1 day ago · Based on these measures, the team found that economic growth exceeded that expected from population growth alone. They estimate that per capita growth was around 0.5 per cent between AD 150 and ...
1 day ago · The Roman Empire is generally understood to mean the period and territory ruled by the Romans following Octavian 's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post- Republican state of ancient Rome. It included territories in Europe, North Africa, and Western Asia and was ruled by emperors.
22 hours ago · How and when the Romanians came to adopt these names is not entirely clear, but one theory is the idea of Daco-Roman continuity, that the modern Romanians are descended from Daco-Romans that came about as a result of Roman colonisation following the conquest of Dacia by Trajan (r. 98–117).
2 days ago · The Romans only began to achieve significant originality in architecture around the beginning of the Imperial period, after they had combined aspects of their originally Etruscan architecture with others taken from Greece, including most elements of the style we now call classical architecture.
5 days ago · Professor Cees W. Passchier and Dr. Gül Sürmelihindi from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), in collaboration with colleagues from France and Austria, have now unraveled the history of the mill complex using calcium carbonate deposits that are now stored in the Archaeological Museum of Arles.
2 days ago · Despite the collapse of imperial rule in Spain, Roman influence remained strong. The majority of the population, probably about six million, were Hispano-Romans, as compared with 200,000 barbarians. Hispano-Romans held many administrative positions and continued to be governed by Roman law embodied in the Theodosian Code.
