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	Military history of the Roman Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Historical re-enactors as soldiers of the Roman Army on manoeuvres.
		Rome was a militarized state whose history was often closely entwined with its military history over the 1229 years that the Roman state existed.
		The core of the military history of the Roman Empire is the account of its great land battles, from the conquest of Italy to its final battles against the Huns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Roman_army (6411 words)

	Ancient Roman Military - Crystalinks
		The Roman words for the military in general were based on the word for one soldier, miles.
		By the time of the military officer emperors that characterized the period following the Crisis of the Third Century the Roman army was just as likely to be attacking itself as an outside invader.Both the pre- and post-Marian armies were greatly assisted by auxiliary troops.
		Also there would be military police present.As a unit, a legion was made up of ten cohorts, each of which was further divided into six centuries of eighty men, commanded by a centurion.
	www.crystalinks.com /romemilitary.html (4616 words)

	The Roman Army
		The Roman legions might have been defeated by Pyrrhus (and only survived due to a near endless resource of fresh troops) but the experience gathered by fighting such an able foe was to prove invaluable for the great contests that lay ahead.
		If the Roman army had throughout most of the third and fourth century been undergoing a transition, gradually increasing the number of cavalry, then the end of this period of gradual change was brought about by a dreadful disaster.
		Roman society was governed by class and so in effect there was three separate army careers possible, that of the common soldier in the ranks, that of the equestrians and that for those destined for command, the senatorial class.
	www.roman-empire.net /army/army.html (13499 words)

	History of THE ROMAN EMPIRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Constantine, now in firm command of the entire Roman empire (the first man for a long while to be in that position), is planning another initiative as significant as his adoption of Christianity.
		Theodosius becomes the eastern emperor in AD 379 and rapidly settles the religious splits within the empire by declaring pagan worship and Christian heresies (such as Arianism) to be illegal.
		Roman soldiers have in the past been rewarded with land, and barbarian tribes have been settled in provinces of the empire as federates.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=710&HistoryID=ac58 (2308 words)

	Lecture 13: A Brief Social History of the Roman Empire
		The Roman household was quite large and could include the paterfamilias, his wife, his sons with their wives and children, unmarried daughters and slaves.
		For example, Tullia (c.79-45 B.C.), the daughter of the Roman orator, Cicero (106-43 B.C.), was married at sixteen, widowed at twenty-two, married at twenty-three, divorced at twenty-eight, married again at twenty-nine, divorced again at thirty-three and died in her thirty-fourth year.
		Roman slaves served as hairdressers, footmen, messengers, accountants, tutors, secretaries, carpenters, plumbers, librarians, and goldsmiths.
	www.historyguide.org /ancient/lecture13b.html (3391 words)

	History of England, Roman Britain
		The Romans abandoned the Antonine Wall, withdrawing south of the better-built, more easily defended barrier of Hadrian, but by the end of the fourth century, the last remaining outposts in Caledonia were abandoned.
		The Roman armies did not have it all their own way in their battles with the native tribesmen, some of whom, in their inter-tribal squabbles, saw them as deliverers, not conquerors.
		The Roman legions began to withdraw from Britain at the end of the fourth century.
	www.britannia.com /history/narromhist.html (1834 words)

	History of THE ROMAN EMPIRE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The campaigns of Pompey have led to the annexation of Syria in 64 BC and the capture of Jerusalem in 63.
		His inattention to affairs of state is reflected in serious rebellions at both extremes of the empire, in Britain in 60 and Palestine in 66.
		Vespasian is unusual in the line of Roman emperors to this date in being an experienced and hard-bitten old general, non-patrician in his background and already sixty when he comes to power.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac58 (2264 words)

	The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon (chapter17)
		In the course of this history, such exaggerations will be reduced to their just value: yet, since the growth of Constantinople cannot be ascribed to the general increase of mankind and of industry, it must be admitted that this artificial colony was raised at the expense of the ancient cities of the empire.
		Though the military counts and dukes are frequently mentioned, both in history and the codes, we must have recourse to the Notitia for the exact knowledge of their number and stations.
		The foreign trade of the empire was regulated by this minister, who directed likewise all the linen and woollen manufactures, in which the successive operations of spinning, weaving, and dyeing were executed, chiefly by women of a servile condition, for the use of the palace and army.
	etext.library.adelaide.edu.au /g/gibbon/edward/g43d/chapter17.html (17601 words)

	Roman Empire History of the Roman Empire game StrategyPage.com
		The History of the Roman Empire game works at the best with four player, but is possible play it with three or two players, and no player will be eliminate during the entire game.
		The History of Roman Empire game is not strictly “historical” but offers a great lot of flavour about this, with its 42 roman emperors or pretenders and 34 peoples and kingdoms, recreating the struggle between legions, like civil war, and against the barbarians.
		The History of the Roman Empire game especially works for fun, the rules are quite simple but, every turn the players must take decisions about which emperor wish became, which barbarian people controls, and where found new cities.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/548-55.asp (574 words)

	ThinkQuest : Library : Roman Empire
		The historical developmentof Rome, from the mythological beginnings in the year 753 BC till the decay of the Western Empire in the 4th century is treated.
		Ad Tempas Romae is a brief journey into the world of the Roman Empire, covering areas of the mythology that makes up their religion, and the history of the empire (focusing on geographical changes).
		It is about how Romans fought in wars, which wars that they fought in, and about important events in Roman history.
	www.thinkquest.org /library/cat_show.html?cat_id=572 (592 words)

	Chapter Foundation Of Constantinople. of History of The Decline And Fall of The Roman Empire by Gibbon
		A few years afterwards, these gigantic bodies were shrunk to a very diminutive size; and when seven legions, with some auxiliaries, defended the city of Amida against the Persians, the total garrison, with the inhabitants of both sexes, and the peasants of the deserted country, did not exceed the number of twenty thousand persons.
		And not a vestige was left of that severe simplicity, which, in the ages of freedom and victory, had distinguished the line of battle of a Roman army from the confused host of an Asiatic monarch.
		The resources of the Roman treasury were exhausted by the increase of pay, by the repetition of donatives, and by the invention of new emolument and indulgences, which, in the opinion of the provincial youth might compensate the hardships and dangers of a military life.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/1/62/109/25659/14.html (477 words)

	Rome: Military Resources
		In general the bulk of the roman army was based a) in the West in the Rhine region during the reign of Augustus, but shifted later to the Danube border, and b) on the Eastern frontier towards Persia." Excerpted from Roman Numismatic Gallery.
		Roman culture evolved through that time, from a small collection of villages on seven hills and the earliest kings, to the Republic, to the Empire, and it is still with us.
		From: Ammianus Marcellinus, The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of The Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens, trans.
	intranet.dalton.org /groups/Rome/RMil.html (8195 words)

	EAWC: Ancient Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		This military expansion at once brought great material benefit to the Roman state and guaranteed a pipeline of wealth for Rome, the imperial city.
		To their credit, the Romans recognized the richness of Greek art and architecture, and they sought to emulate the Greek masters -- and the Greek styles and themes -- in their own art.
		Romans patronized Greek artists and artisans in the glorification of a vast world of their own, Roman creation.
	eawc.evansville.edu /ropage.htm (340 words)

	BBC - History - Romans
		Roman Empire: The Paradox of Power, by Andrew Wallace-Hadrill
		Enter the fascinating world of Roman beliefs, from emperor worship to the exotic imported cults of the East.
		The story of love and betrayal, masters and slaves and the birth of the Roman Empire.
	www.bbc.co.uk /history/ancient/romans (409 words)

	Amazon.com: Ancient Rome : A Military and Political History: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ancient Rome is a concise, comprehensive political and military history of the Roman Republic and Empire, from the origins of the city in the Italian Iron Age, until the deposition of the last emperor in 476 AD.
		This is an unashamedly old-fashioned political and military narrative history of the Roman Republic and Empire.
		The military history is at the operational or strategic level, not at the tactical level.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0521809185?v=glance (899 words)

	Macrinus
		In this time of military setbacks, Macrinus then committed the unforgivable mistake of reducing military pay.
		Her fourteen year old grandson, Elagabalus, was hailed emperor by the Legio III 'Gallica' at Raphanaea in Phoenicia on 16 May AD 218.
		Disguised as a member of the military police, having shaved his beard and hair, Macrinus fled and tried to make his way back to Rome.
	www.roman-empire.net /decline/macrinus.html (1050 words)

	Herodian: "History of the Empire" Book V
		Some get possession of the empire as though it were an inheritance they were owed; then they misuse and make a mockery of it like a private family heirloom.
		Rome itself and nearly the whole of the Roman empire was purged of criminals; some were punished, some were exiled and, if some actually escaped, they were careful not to advertise themselves.
		The entrails of the sacrificial victims and spices were carried in golden bowls, not on the heads of household servants or lower-class people, but by military prefects and important officials wearing long tunics in the Phoenician style down to their feet, with long sleeves and a single purple stripe in the middle.
	members.aol.com /heliogabby/bio/herodian.htm (5573 words)

	Greek and Roman Military Affairs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Attila the Hun and the Battle of Chalons gone 4/7/01
		Military History of the Roman Empire gone 4/7/01
		Warfare and Tactics of the Roman Republic gone 4/7/01
	users.ipa.net /~tanker/military.htm (27 words)

	Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome
		Livy (59 BCE-17 CE): The Rape of Lucretia, from History of Rome.
		Jordanes (fl.c.550 CE): History of the Goths Chap.
		A Roman Harvest Sacrifice, from Cato, On Agriculture 134, 160 BCE [At enteract.com]
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/asbook09.html (3375 words)

	AUB - Berytus Archeological Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Valerian, the first occurrence of this kind in the hitherto glorious military history of the Roman Empire.
		But they were subjects of the Roman Empire and not hostile to Rome.
		They preferred therefore not to mention the Roman calamities and not to contrast directly the victories of Sampsiceramus and Odenath with the defeats of the Romans at Barbalissus and Edessa.
	almashriq.hiof.no /ddc/projects/archaeology/berytus-back/berytus08/43.html (559 words)

	UNRV History - Roman Empire
		Earlier campaigns against the Dacians as well as against Germanic tribes across the Danube by Domitian had met with some success, but the situation had been largely left unsettled...
		Born on September 18 in the year AD 52 or 53, in Italica (near modern Seville, Spain) Marcus Ulpius Trajanus was to become the first 'provincial' emperor.
		In order to settle the situation, within a year of his accession Nerva was forced to hand over the very men who helped secure his position, the Praetorian prefects...
	www.unrv.com /index.php (446 words)

	Internet Resources: Rome
		The largest catalog of web resources on Roman history and culture on the web; originally authored by David Miele, Columbia University student, and now maintained by Dr. Neil Goldberg, Archaeology Resident at the The Dalton School.
		Polybius 8: 11-16: The Constitution of the Roman Republic
		Ordinary Consuls of the Roman Republic, 300 BC to 1 BC
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/ROMINRES.HTM (648 words)

	Roman Empire - Military History - StrategyPage.com
		Why Didn't the Roman Principate Conquer and Hold Germany?
		12/4/2005 8:02:51 PM History of the roman Empire boardgame is coming !
		6/22/2005 11:30:38 PM History of the Roman Empire game
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/board548.asp (108 words)

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