... large scale mass production. Engineers traveled with their armies building roads and bridges. In fact, a knowledge of engineering was almost a requirement for advancing through the ranks. After they conquered new territory and created a new province, their engineers laid out cities to a standard plan and provided them with excellent roads and a clean water supply. Once Ancient Rome became a dominating world power, a revolution in ... having it built. Later, the name "Colosseum" was adopted, perhaps because it stood near the enormous gilt bronze statute that was placed in the entrance of...

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... and only broke up upon the death of it's head. When this happened, the family would split up according to the other male powers, and there may be as many new familae as there were men with families in the household. Each Roman family had slightly different customs and rules, due to the fact that the head of the family had ... all brides a grooms. The bride would say "Quando tu Gaius, ego Gaia"(When and where you are Gaius, I then and there am Gaia.) After these words of consent, the couple sat on stools, facing the alter and made an offering to the god Jupiter, which usually consisted o...

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... two powers, since each empire wanted to be able to impose a king that was favorable to Armenia's interests. With Antoninus's death and the uncertainty upon and new emperor (in this case two, a diarchy, for the first time in Rome's history), the Parthian monarch, Vologaeses III, struck rapidly, placed his own candidate ... army's movement eastward was a lot like the movements of Alexander the Great five centuries earlier. By 166 A.D., Parthia had been defeated and a Roman nominee sat on the Armenian throne. The victory appeared to be the greatest since Trajan's conquest of Dacia, but, whe...

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• Grade Level: High School