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  Roman Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Based in Roman legal and cultural traditions, it was also heavily influenced by ancient Greek culture and language, and developed a distinct character that managed to survive and even thrive for another millennium, eventually being conquered on 29 May 1453 by the Ottoman Empire.
The Western Roman Empire was divided among the eldest son Constantine II and the youngest son Constans.
The Holy Roman Empire, an attempt to resurrect the Empire in the West, was established in 800 when Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, though the empire and the imperial office did not become formalized for some decades.
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 Province - LoveToKnow 1911
When the province of a quaestor is mentioned it refers to the province of the consul or praetor to whom the quaestor is subordinate.
But the Roman governors were too apt to look on their provinces as their own peculiar prey; they had usually bought their way to office at vast expense, and they now sought in the provinces the means of reimbursing themselves for the expenditure they had incurred at Rome.
Another class of imperial provinces consisted of those which from the physical nature of the country (as the Alpine districts) or the backward state of civilization (as Mauretania and Thrace) or the stubborn character of the people (as Judaea and Egypt) were not adapted to receive a regular provincial constitution.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Province   (2035 words)

  
 Roman province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Provinces were generally governed by politicians of senatorial rank, usually former consuls or former praetors.
A later exception was the province of Egypt, incorporated by Augustus after the death of Cleopatra: it was ruled by a governor of equestrian rank only, perhaps as a discouragement to senatorial ambition.
Under the Roman Republic, the governor of a province was appointed for a period of one year.
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 Imperial province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An imperial province was a Roman province where the Emperor had the sole right to appoint governors.
These provinces were often the strategically located border provinces.
The provinces were grouped into imperial and senatorial provinces shortly after the accession of Augustus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Imperial_province   (108 words)

  
 Roman Empire - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
This article refers to the Roman Empire until its dissolution in the West, and not to its continuation in the East as the Byzantine Empire nor to its attempted restoration in Central Europe as the Holy Roman Empire (800-1806).
Roman titles of power were adopted by successor states and other entities with imperial pretensions, including the Frankish kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, the first and second Bulgarian empires (see List of Bulgarian monarchs), the Russian/Kiev dynasties (see czars), and the German Empire (see Kaiser).
But excluding these states claiming their heritage, the Romans lasted, from the founding of Rome in 753 BC, to the fall in 1461 of the Empire of Trebizond (a successor state and fragment of the Byzantine Empire, which escaped destruction by the Ottomans in 1453), for a total of 2214 years.
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 ASE: Roman Britian
Roman Britain began as the near-legendary Albion, and by the time Julius Caesar invaded it the land was known as Britannia.
This Roman imperial province contained military garrisons at Cantiaci (Canterbury), Durotriges (Dorchester), and Glevum (Gloucester); an impressive palace at Fishbourne; villas with elaborate mosaics and wall paintings across the country; and a great fortified wall built by the emperor Hadrian in 122 AD.
The province's center was Londinium on the Thames, a vibrant metropolis and the provinical capital.
www.skidmore.edu /academics/classics/ASE/aboutrb.html   (251 words)

  
 Roman province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
A Roman province (Latin provincia) was the largest territorial and administrative of the Roman Empire 's foreign possessions (beyond the Italian peninsula).
Normally the provinces where trouble was expected - either from barbaric or internal rebellions - were given to consuls men of the greatest prestige and The distribution of the legions across the provinces was also dependent the amount of danger that they represented.
The remaining provinces were maintained as Senatorial provinces in which the Senate had the to appoint a governor.
www.freeglossary.com /Roman_province   (612 words)

  
 Articles - Roman Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
´´Roman Empire´´ is also used as translation of the expression, ´´Imperium Romanum´´, probably the best-known Latin expression where the word ´´imperium´´ is used in the meaning of a territory; the "Roman Empire" denotes that part of the world under Roman rule.
Roman titles of power were adopted by most of the successor states and later entities with imperial pretensions, including the Frankish kingdom, the Holy Roman Empire, the Bulgarian Empires, the Russian/Kiev dynasties, and the German Empire.
But excluding these states claiming their heritage, the Roman state lasted (in some form) from the founding of Rome in 753 BC to the fall in 1461 of the Empire of Trebizond (a successor state and fragment of the Byzantine Empire which escaped conquest by the Ottomans in 1453), for a total of 2214 years.
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 Roman provinces
The first Roman province, Sicily, was conquered after the First Punic War (241 BCE), and the Senate decided that it had to be ruled by a praetor.
The first provinces were ill-defined, and it was only during the late republic that provinces started to have clearly defined borders.
In several provinces, prefects were appointed from the equestrian order (the 'second class' of the Roman elite, after the senators) were appointed.
www.livius.org /gi-gr/governor/provinces.html   (372 words)

  
 Tarraconesis (Hispania)
The Conquest of Hispania and the Province of Tarraconensis
The Roman conquest of Spain begins, like many of her early conquests, due to the actions of other Mediterranean powers, or as Theodore Mommsen put it, because of "the accidents of external policy." At the end of the First Punic War (264-241 BC) Rome defeated Carthage and claimed Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica.
The province of Tarraconensis consisted of northern Portugal and all of what used to be Hispania Citerior, meaning the eastern coast down to Almeria, most of the interior, and the northern and northwestern parts of the peninsula.
www.usd.edu /~clehmann/pir/tarracon.htm   (2277 words)

  
 The Roman Army Page
In the imperial army the total numerical strength of the various auxiliary formations was roughly comparable to that of the legionary troops.
With the spread of Roman citizenship among the population of the conquered territories the auxilia were increasingly recruiting citizens into the ranks, blurring the original division between peregrine auxiliaries and citizen legionaries.
The praetorian cohort that guarded the imperial palace and accompanied the emperor in the city of Rome was known as the cohors togata.
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 Imperial Roman Legion Suggested Reading List
Roman Legionary 58 BC- AD 69 (Warrior 71) -- The period 31 BC-AD 43 saw the greatest expansion of the Roman Empire.
The Roman Army from Hadrian to Constantine (Men-at-Arms 93) -- This book is also available with a different cover as "Legions of the North." The year of 122 was the first time a Roman Emperor had set foot in the Province of Britannia since the invasion in AD 43.
This title covers the equipment, weaponry and dress of the early Romans, from the traditional foundation in 753 BC to the third century BC, where the dominance of Rome was beyond challenge.
www.reenactor.net /Ancient/roman/rom-readlist.htm   (1614 words)

  
 Roman Emperors - DIR Battle Descriptions
The Romans were surprised by a Dacian attack at Tapae (near the village of Bucova, in Romania).
Although the Romans were able to avenge their defeat, they would not consolidate their rule in most of Germany or establish the Elbe as their outermost European frontier.
Battle of Yarmuk, A.D. During the reign of Heraclius this battle was fought between Romans and Arabs in the Jordan valley in the Roman province of Palestine.
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 HONOURS FOR THE EMPERORS AND IMPERIAL CULTS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Despite the views of Jews like the author of Revelation, who outright condemned any connection with Roman imperialism (he would not want you to honour the “whore” or the “beast”), other Jews and Christians, such as the author of 1 Peter (2:11-17), were more willing to demonstrate their honour without engaging in actual worship.
In fact, failure to engage in sacrifices for the emperor and other gods became the test, in some circumstances, of whether one was a Christian or not (see the discussion of Pliny the Younger and the Christians in Bithynia and Pontus).
Examples of this provincial level are the cult and temple for Domitian at Ephesos (built in the late 80s CE) and the cult and temple for Trajan at Pergamon (built in the early second century), which included festivals and games in his honour.
www.philipharland.com /honours.html   (783 words)

  
 Daily Bible Study - Province
Province literally means that which I have conquered, based on its original usage by the Romans to describe a region that had been reduced to a dominion of Rome, under the command of a governor sent from Rome.
The English word "province" is used by some translations of the Scriptures to translate the Hebrew word (pronounced) med-ee-naw which means a district, or jurisdiction, but with the same imperial application as used by the Roman word province.
The apostle Paul was born in the Roman province of Cilicia (in what is today southern Turkey), while the land of Israel was itself another Roman province.
www.keyway.ca /htm2006/20060220.htm   (990 words)

  
 Roman Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
During the Empire, the number and size of provinces changed according with internal Roman politics.
The biggest or more garrisoned provinces (example Pannonia and Moesia) were subdivided into smaller provinces in order to prevent the situation whereby a sole governor held too much power in his hands, thus discouraging ambition for the Imperial throne itself.
Aegyptus: Lower Egypt, previously two provinces, named after the pagan titles of the two emperors under Diocletian: Aegyptus Iovia (from Juppiter, for the Augustus; with the metropole Alexandria) and Aegyptus Herculia (for his junior, the Caesar; with ancient Memphis).
www.ancientrome.it /roman_province.html   (437 words)

  
 UNRV History - Roman Empire
A Roman legion roster highlighting the names, foundations, and significant campaigns of all the legions from the imperatorial period through the end of the empire.
A facinating find at the Shetland Islands, which proofs that Romans did go much further north then expected, a report of a new discovered trade route and the finding of a large mosaic in Lincoln are the latest news on the Roman Empire.
The Roman domination in Sardinia lasted 694 long years and was often opposed by the Sardinians who, netherless, adopted the Latin language and civilization.
www.unrv.com /news_archive-200307.htm   (756 words)

  
 Oxford Scholarship Online: Imperial Cults and the Apocalypse of John
Abstract: Examines the relationship between imperial cults and the Book of Revelation, focusing especially on the Roman province of Asia during the early Empire.
The main argument is that Revelation and imperial cult institutions were in direct contradiction regarding cosmology and eschatology.
The exaggerated cosmology of imperial cult institutions resulted in an absurd eschatology – their emphasis on Roman imperial order was so strong that they could not envision an end to Roman rule.
www.oxfordscholarship.com /oso/public/content/religion/0195131533/toc.html   (234 words)

  
 Vlad the Impaler: Dracula's Real-life Persona
Romania remained an Imperial Roman province for nearly two hundred years and witnessed a slow transition from paganism to Christianity with the emergence of Constantine and his Holy Roman Empire.
The population was a polyglot mixture of Western and Eastern European influences, tasting of a blend of Roman, Byzantine (Greek), Hungarian, Florentine (Italian) and Saxon (Germanic) flavors.
He was soon off to Constantinople, the seat of the last vestiges of the Holy Roman Empire, to act as diplomat between his own church, the Roman Catholic, and the Eastern Orthodox.
www.crimelibrary.com /serial_killers/history/vlad/west_2.html   (2653 words)

  
 What is DACIA ?
century B.C., as the Roman Empire was expanding, the Danube became the border between the Roman Empire and the Geto-Dacians.
After the conquest of Dacia by the Romans and its turning into an imperial province, the Geto-Dacians continued to live and work side by side with the Roman colonists and veterans, who had been brought into the new Imperial province of Dacia from everywhere in the Roman World.
The intense process of romanization stamped a lasting mark on the language of the Romanian people, on their name, conscience and culture.
www.eecs.umich.edu /~aprakash/dacia/about.html   (391 words)

  
 Coin & Bullion Reserves: numismatists, diamonds, gems, jewelry
ruled the Roman empire at its greatest geographical extent, from Scotland to Sudan, and from the Pillars of Hercules (Gibraltar) to Mesopotamia.
Antioch, in the Imperial Roman province of Syria, was the most important city of the eastern frontier of the Empire.
This is quite a testament to the importance of the Tetradrachms of Tyre,also known as Shekels of Tyre.
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 The Church that was at Antioch
The story is set in the city of Antioch-in-Syria, in about 49 AD, Syria being then an imperial Roman province ruled by a Governor appointed by the Emperor.
Valens [“strong” or “healthy”], his nephew (son of his sister-in-law and deceased brother), a young officer in the Roman army, seconded for civil duty in Antioch.
Paulus, Paul the Apostle, formerly Saul — the St Paul of Christianity — a (formerly orthodox) Jew and a Roman citizen by birth.
www.kipling.org.uk /rg_antioch1.htm   (742 words)

  
 Pontius Pilate in History and Interpretation - Cambridge University Press
This study reconstructs the historical Pontius Pilate and looks at the way in which he is used as a literary character in the works of six first century authors: Philo, Josephus and the four evangelists.
The first chapter provides an introduction to the history and formation of the imperial Roman province of Judaea.
Pontius Pilate and the Roman Province of Judaea; 2.
www.cambridge.org /uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521616204   (279 words)

  
 Legion XXIV - Legions of Imperial Rome
Under his direction, the Roman Legions became the first professional, government supported army in history with standardized wages, armor, weapons, equipment, tactics and benefits.
The "Cohortal" Legions (c.106BC thru Imperial Period) varied in size from 4000 to well over 5000 legionaries, depending on the number (500 to 1000) of auxiliary soldiers, attached to them and the sizes of the Cohorts and Centuries of which they were composed.
Due to the smaller number of Roman Citizens residing in the Eastern Empire, a recruit there might be granted "Citizenship" upon his enlistment.
www.legionxxiv.org /legionshist   (5210 words)

  
 Provinciae Imperii Romani
As a research project in Roman history, each student selected a province of the Roman Empire and learned all he or she could about it.
You can view the results of each project by clicking on the province in this map (numbered provinces are active) or in the list below.
The instructor asked the students to investigate at least the following areas in the course of their research: sources, geography, native population, circumstances of conquest, extent of Romanization, administration, economic and social life, benefits to Rome and the province of their relationship, and the end of the province.
www.usd.edu /~clehmann/pir/index.htm   (149 words)

  
 Bibliography: Title index (books and kin, and periodicals): T   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Armorial Bearings of the Province of Prince Edward Island [c9a02b]
The Roman army from Caesar to Trajan [smk74]
The Roman Imperial Army of the first and second centuries A.D. wbt85]
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