Questions tagged [roman-empire]
The Roman Empire was a vast empire, centred around the city of Rome, that lasted from 27 BC to 476 AD (West); 1453 AD (East).
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Was homosexuality part of Gibbon's "moral decay" reason the Roman Empire fell?
Wikipedia's "Historiography of the fall of the Western Roman Empire" article mentions several theories for the fall of the Roman Empire. Edward Gibbon's is "moral decay" and ...
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What is this Roman coin that I recently got at an online auction?
I need help identifying a Roman coin, its value, and how to safely store it to prevent further corrosion and damage.
I recently acquired this coin with a variety lot of other coins at an online ...
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How did Roman Britain produce more iron than Song China per capita?
Roman Britain produced 1.4 kg of iron per capita whereas 1000 years later in 1078 Song Dynasty China produced less 1.3 kg of iron per capita. How did Roman Britain produce more Iron than Song China ...
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How "Roman" were the various Medieval Roman successor states?
In the medieval era (and after 800 CE) there was the HRE and the ERE. How much of a Roman Empire successor were these states, really?
My understanding has been that the HRE were a bunch of Germanics ...
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Is there Evidence for the Presence of Jews at Lakonia during the Roman period?
This a follow-up to a comment on a question I recently asked on the Judaism SE regarding the meaning of the Talmudic name or nickname Lakonia (לקוניא). It was suggested in the comment that the word ...
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Would calling Favorinus a ‘eunuch’ have boosted or harmed his fame as an orator in the Greco-Roman World?
In researching eunuchs for my very first novel that I wrote about a 6th-century BCE Ethiopian eunuch, I ran across Favorinus, a 2nd-century orator. His rival Polemon, said he was a “born without ...
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Favorinus the famed orator is proclaimed one of the most famous congenital eunuchs to have lived. Was he really a congenital or is it just fiction?
I have a novel coming out about a 6th-century B.C. Ethiopian eunuch, and while researching eunuchs, I ran across a man named Favorinus, a 2nd-century orator famed in Athens and Rome. Wikipedia calls ...
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At what point did Rome truly become an empire? [closed]
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The history of the Roman Empire covers the history of ancient Rome from the traditional end of the Roman Republic in 27 BC until the abdication of Romulus Augustulus in AD 476 ...
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How did the Romans ram the casement walls of Masada when, according to Josephus, they were 18ft high, 12ft wide, and made of stone?
The Roman siege ramp at Masada was 25 degrees which is pretty steep. They were using a ram that they either dragged up the slope, or transported in pieces in place, all the while under fire from the ...
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How was wine made in first-century Galilee and surrounding regions? [closed]
In Galilee and surrounding regions in the first century AD, how was wine made?
If it was the same as in the rest of the Empire, than an answer would just explain how wine was made in the first-century ...
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How did the Catholic Church grow in power between Rome and the Middle Ages?
I am not a historian, but I love learning history, and have loved it since middle school. One thing that was odd to me even back then, though, is that there seemed to be a "gap" in European ...
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Why were the names of Western Roman emperors mostly unique?
During the classical antiquity most monarchs in Europe and the Middle East had some recurring names for their monarchs (e.g. Ptolemy in Egypt, Seleukos and Antiochios in the Seleucid empire, Hormizd ...
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What was the relationship between Italy and the other provinces in the republican period?
It is often said that during the republican period the provinces were ruthlessly exploited by their ruling magistrate, that the senate had no consideration for the provinces, and that Augustus changed ...
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Did Philo ever mention crucifixion as a punishment in any of his writings? If he didn't, was there ever a reason he didn't?
Philo was a prominent Roman writer and philosopher during the first century AD, it seems that in one of his books 'Against Flaccus' Philo mentions the multiple persecutions and punishments Jews of ...
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Did the Roman Empire lie? [closed]
Some modern countries, including the US, Russia, and the UK in particular are blamed (by the other side, where Russia is confronted to US+UK) to be particularly lying in politics, using their powerful ...
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