... city, the people took over. Rome began to conquer territories around its borders, and soon it became a vast area from the north of England across the North Sea, along the Rhine and Danube Rivers to the Caspian Sea, south to Egypt, along the coast of Africa to Spain until it became an empire. The Empire steadily grew powerful and reached its ... had been pulled from Britain in hopes of defending Italy. The invasion of Rome by Alaric was mild compared to the Vandals who attacked Rome in 406 A.D. They crossed the Rhine River and continued their assault southwards past the Pyrenees Mountain...

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... in Italy. This proves that Trajan was an emperor that truly cared for his people. Trajan initiated his rule of the Empire with an expedition on the frontiers of the Rhine and Danube rivers. During this journey, Trajan improved communication and built forts in preparation to invade Dacia. After the first invasion, Decebalus, king of Dacia, accepted certain terms and agreed ... laws passed for the benefit of the people. Not all were victories, there were defeats as well such as the military set back in 9 A.D. that pushed the Romans to the Rhine River. Also, Hadrian would visit the frontie...

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... works. Charlemagne's greatest public work was the basilica of the Holy Mother of God built with the greatest of work man ship. Another very impressive work was a bridge across the Rhine river at a point where the river is half a mile wide. The bridge was destroyed by fire one year before the death of Charlemagne. He intended to have it rebuilt in ... and unrighteous, right and fair. He also improved the kingdom by making civil improvements. He built the basilica of Holy Mother of God. He also built a beautiful bridge over the Rhine River. Building civil improvements, expanding the empir...

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... Empire, the disaster that upset Augustus the most took place in Germany. While Augustus remained at peace with Parthia, he advanced the Roman frontier in Europe to the Danube and Rhine. By this advance he subjected modern Switzerland, Austria, much of Hungary, and the Balkans to Roman rule and protected the connections between the western and eastern provinces of the Empire ... legions were wiped out; all of Germany was lost. Since Augustus had neither the energy nor the military strength to start a re-conquest, the Roman frontier remained essentially on the Rhine. Yet, the Mediterranea...

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... battles involving Spartacus. This also shows with Caesar's first expeditions into Germany and Britain. Some reasoning used in these ventures was to "overawe" these countries, even building a bridge across the Rhine to assert Rome's dominance in the region, just to destroy it some weeks later. Lastly, Caesar was interested in boosting his political career. War and politics in Rome went hand ... ...

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... a policy of retrenchment. The Roman Emperor Hadrian withdrew Roman forces from much of Mesopotamia, but he retained Dacia and Arabia. He went on the defensive reinforcing the fortifications along the Rhine and Danube Rivers and also built a defensive wall eighty miles long across Northern Britain. The expansion of the Roman Empire across Europe caused migration, as soldiers and officials moved to ... ...

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... loyal to him and they eventually induced Maximian to leave. When Constantine heard about the rebellion he immediately left what he was doing and began marching his army up the Rhine. Maximian fled to the city of Marseille and was eventually captured, punished for his crimes and committed suicide. Maximian had a son named Maxentius. Maxentius spent most of his life striving ... ...

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... hungry Caligula became very popular, and more involved with the people of Rome (Kennedy). Because Caligula's father, Germanicus, was previously a very notable military leader and commanded the armies on the Rhine (Scullard 292), this gave Caligula an even better public image, giving him more power. On the 28th of March, 37 AD, Caligula was given absolute power of the empire by ... ...

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... submission of the maritime tribes on the Atlantic seaboard, he believed that the task had all but been accomplished. Caesar decided to make two short reconnaissance expeditions, one across the Rhine. and the other across the Straits of Dover to Britain. In a longer and more serious invasion of Britain he crossed the Thames and received the submission of the supreme commander ... ...

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... submission of the maritime tribes on the Atlantic seaboard, he believed that the task had all but been accomplished. Caesar decided to make two short reconnaissance expeditions, one across the Rhine. and the other across the Straits of Dover to Britain. In a longer and more serious invasion of Britain he crossed the Thames and received the submission of the supreme commander ... ...

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... submission of the maritime tribes on the Atlantic seaboard, he believed that the task had all but been accomplished. Caesar decided to make two short reconnaissance expeditions, one across the Rhine. and the other across the Straits of Dover to Britain. In a longer and more serious invasion of Britain he crossed the Thames and received the submission of the supreme commander ... ...

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... the submission of the maritime tribes on the Atlantic, he believed that the task had all but been accomplished. Caesar decided to make two short exploration expeditions, one across the Rhine and the other across the Straits of Dover to Britain. In a longer and more serious invasion of Britain he crossed the Thames and received the submission of the supreme commander ... ...

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... submission of the maritime tribes on the Atlantic seaboard, he believed that the task had all but been accomplished. Caesar decided to make two short reconnaissance expeditions, one across the Rhine. and the other across the Straits of Dover to Britain. In a longer and more serious invasion of Britain he crossed the Thames and received the submission of the supreme commander ... ...

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... submission of the maritime tribes on the Atlantic seaboard, he believed that the task had all but been accomplished. Caesar decided to make two short reconnaissance expeditions, one across the Rhine. and the other across the Straits of Dover to Britain. In a longer and more serious invasion of Britain he crossed the Thames and received the submission of the supreme commander ... ...

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... submission of the maritime tribes on the Atlantic seaboard, he believed that the task had all but been accomplished. Caesar decided to make two short reconnaissance expeditions, one across the Rhine and the other across the Straits of Dover to Britain. In a longer and more serious invasion of Britain he crossed the Thames and received the submission of the supreme commander ... ...

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... in that year. The West Roman Empire grew steadily weaker. The Vandals, Visigoths, and other Germanic armies invaded Spain, Gaul, and northern Africa. In 406, 15,000 Vandals crossed the Rhine River. The Romans couldn't gather enough forces to stop them. In 410, the Visigoths sacked Rome after a traitor opened the gate. In 452, Attila the Hun closed in to sack ... ...

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... also built roads, aqueducts, walls, and tunnels. After Rome reached its greatest size, the army's main task was to defend the empire's frontiers. ! Many troops were thus stationed along the Rhine and Danube rivers, although other important army posts stood in Egypt, Syria, and Britain. Mining and quarrying (bronze, gold, and silver) could be carried out on a large scale, in spite ... ...

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... also built roads, aqueducts, walls, and tunnels. After Rome reached its greatest size, the army's main task was to defend the empire's frontiers. Many troops were thus stationed along the Rhine and Danube rivers. Other important army posts stood in Egypt, Syria, and Britain. Mining and quarrying (bronze, gold, and silver) could be carried out on a large scale, in spite of ... ...

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... Germanic force would become France and the German Empire. This force has always carried with it the dream of Empire (Reich), as has been felt by similar invasions across the Rhine, in the not so distant past. Conclusion What essentially marks the difference between the Roman World of Antiquity and the Western Medieval one, is its identity. The primary forced in ... ...

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... , and an even higher inflation. For many years, the Romans managed to hold back the Germans. However, in the 3rd century, the Roman soldiers were pulled back form the border (Rhine-Danube frontier) to fight a civil war in Italy. In doing this, they left the border wide open and German hunters began to take over Roman lands in Greece. Finally, in ... ...

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... Rome's new emperor. In 14 BC, the namesake of the Tiber river, began his reign as a Princeps. He did many important things such as establishing a good military reputation in the Rhine area. His rule was cut short when his assistant, Caligula, grew tired of his masters ideas, or simply went crazy and convincing a gullible guard to murder him and claim that ... ...

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... empire. His legions succeeded in repelling the invasion of Syria by the Parthians in 166, but Rome was again forced into battle in 167 by the Germanic tribes on the Rhine-Danube frontier. Marcus Aurelius returned to Rome intermittently during the German campaign to make legal and administrative reforms. Although he was particularly concerned with public welfare and sold even his ... ...

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... consul, which furthers the reasons for writing this work, considering the vast wealth of knowledge held at his command. This work focuses on the tribes that resided north of the Rhine and Danube Rivers, also known as the Germanic tribes. Tacitus wrote another important work, Agricola, Latin name "De vita Iulii Agricolae", one of the earliest known biographies. Iulius Agricola was ... ...

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... be as stressed from running in the election. Many new places were also found under Augustus (Augustus). The boundaries of Rome's territory went from Spain to Syria and from the Rhine and Danube Rivers to Egypt and the Sahara Desert (Miller, ed. 153). These places helped spread many aspects of Roman life. One of these aspects was culture. The Latin language ... ...

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... of this decade were spent with efforts to overcome the plague and provide aid to its victims. Then, in 167 Germanic tribes forced Rome into war once again on the Rhine-Danube frontier when they smashed the Danubian limes. This threatened the stability of the empire even more than the Parthians had ever done. The first campaigns were punctuated by the ... ...

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