Questions tagged [rome]
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Why didn’t the Roman Empire attempt an eastward expansion into China after the fall of the Han Dynasty?
Both the Roman Empire and the Han Dynasty represented the most powerful, centralized civilizations of the ancient world. Though there is evidence of indirect contact between the two (e.g., through the ...
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What % of the Roman military budget was paid by the silk tax?
Somewhere in my research, I have a quote that compares the revenue collected from the tax on imported silk to the outlay for Imperial legions (circa 98 CE). (I have not included the quote because my ...
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Could Augustus and Agrippa have been lovers? [closed]
While I'm VERY much not a Rome expert, I'm curious, could they have been lovers? I know enough about sexuality in ancient Greece and Rome to know that a relationship between two freeborn guys of the ...
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What active defence and reconnaissance did a Roman camp in hostile territory usually deploy?
Things I doubt anyone would contest:
during the whole European campaign forts were built every evening
those fortifications were codified, no thinking was needed in erecting them
it worked.
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How were lead sheets made in the Graeco-Roman world?
How did people make lead sheets in the Graeco-Roman world? Especially for the usage in curses.
This category is exemplarily represented by the so-called curse tablets (Gk. κατάδεσμος, Lat. defixio), ...
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Why did Hannibal cross the alps and NOT just cross the Mediterranean?
In crossing the Alps Hannibal lost half his men to mountains, and Carthage still had a huge navy back then, so it would be more reasonable to directly cross the Mediterranean into Italy and avoid the ...
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How was Rome able to conscript and equip 400k soldiers during 2nd Punic War in a pre-industrial society?
I have counted legions and allied legions Rome conscripted during 16 years of Punic War. It's roughly 400k and could be even more.
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Battle of Ticinus
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What was the physical appearance of Theodoric I, the King of the Visigoths?
What was the physical appearance of Theodoric I, the King of the Visigoths? Although there are paintings portraying him as blonde, I haven't come across any sources that provide a description of his ...
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What happened to the census records kept in the Atrium Libertatis?
According to Wikipedia's article on Atrium Libertatis, the building was demolished and succeeded by another building complex. It doesn't mention explicitly whether or not the census records were moved ...
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Is it possible to estimate a "Gini Index" from the Roman Empire?
I was wondering whether it is possible to establish a "Gini Index" for the Roman Empire or as a matter of fact for any of the late Empires?
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Where is Hermodontus?
In Le liber censuum de l'église romaine, Volume 6, pages 96-97, at the very end of the first and start of the latter, it says:
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Did Hadrian have any children?
the Roman ruler's daughter coveted Rabbi Yishmael for his physical beauty. When she was told that he would have to be executed as well,
she asked that the skin of his head be flayed while he was ...
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Did Rome conquer the Parthian Empire during the conquests of Trajan?
I read from wikipedia that Rome never managed to beat Parthia after the mind blowing defeat the Parthian General Surena inflicted on Crassus during the Battle of Carrhae in 53 BC, but then after being ...
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Was the Pantheon completely underwater when Rome flooded?
When in Rome, I encountered the flood markers on the side of Santa Maria sopra Minerva church. Here is one I found online.
WalksInRome.com
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Did the Vandal King Genseric obtain the 2nd Temple Menorah from Vatican in the 455 CE sack of Rome?
Regarding Jerusalem’s 2nd Temple Menorah (depicted in the Arch of Titus), The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem published the following article in the summer of 2017:
“The seven-...
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