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Roman Provinces The island of Crete was a cradle of early human advanced civilization. Home to the Minoans, Crete reached its point of greatest power around 1600 BC, but later Greek colonization brought the island into the Hellenistic world. City states were established and intense rivalries developed between cities such as Knossos, Cydonia and Gortyna. [...]

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Caesar’s first Invasion of Britain was likely planned as early as 57 BC, and certainly by 56 BC. Aid by British Celts against Roman efforts in Gaul, gave Caesar the excuse he needed to justify the undertaking, but his motives were certainly far more personal and political. Much like his crossing of the Rhine into [...]

More Roman Writers have been added… Marcus Aurelius Cornelius Nepos Origen Ovid Petronius

In 55 BC, prior to Caesar’s planned invasion of Britain, Germanic tribes began to harrass Gaul again. In Crossing the Rhine to take the war to the Germanic tribes, Caesar became the first Roman to do so. He did so in glorious fashion, building an impressive bridge in only 10 days, impressing both the Germanics [...]

Political Opposition While Caesar was just getting underway in his Gallic campaigns, the situation in Rome was initially in his favor. In 58 BC, Publius Clodius Pulcher, the wild patrician who scandalized Caesar?s home just a few years before, now served his term as Tribune of the Plebs. In complete support of Caesar, he enacted [...]

The Roman Province of Cyprus was established in 58 BC. The earliest known human settlements on Cyprus date as early as 6000 BC. The abundance of copper on the island brought traders and settlers from all over the east, and a variety of nations ruled from the earliest times. Egypt controlled the island for long [...]

Another book review has been submitted by forum member Ursus. Gods of Ancient Rome by Robert Turcan There comes a point when any serious Romanophile has to study Roman religion outside of an elementary school mythology class. The Romans, after all, were a deeply pious people. Religion was not separated from everyday life, it was [...]

Conquest of Gaul As the campaign year of 56 BC opened, Caesar found that Gaul still wasn?t quite ready for Roman occupation. In his own words: ?he reflected that almost all the Gauls were fond of revolution, and easily and quickly excited to war; that all men likewise, by nature, love liberty and hate the [...]

More updates have been added to the Roman Writers section… Juvenal Livy Lucan Lucian Lucretius

As the Gallic Wars of Caesar progressed, the first aggression by the Gallic Celts came from the Belgae. At the battle of the Sambre River Caesar avoided near defeat to begin the subjugation of Gaul.

Tin in the ancient world was an important if somewhat secondary commodity. Tin was widely used in many metal works, but its most prominent use was in combining to make the alloy Bronze. Though found in various places throughout Europe, a prime source, and closely guarded secret before Roman domination, was the province of Britain

After his victory over the Helvetti, Caesar was asked for help by other Gallic tribes against Germanic incursions into Gaul. Ariovistus and the Suebi were a formidable Germanic tribe who presented a legitimate threat to both the Gauls and Caesar.