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No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity, but that he did so in a way that brought his subjects along ...

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Today 312 Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross

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No Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than Constantine

Constantine the Emperor

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Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 2d

Today 312AD Roman Emperor Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge

Roman Emperor Constantine as depicted by Raphael having his Vision of the Cross on October 27, 312

What secrets do the Roman ruins of Tunisia hold?

Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 2d

Treasures of Roman Tunisia www.worldhistory.org/article/2811... Via @romanhistory1.bsky.social

Set on the North African coast, Tunisia is home to some of the finest Roman ruins in the Mediterranean. After the fall of Carthage, Rome transformed the region into the prosperous province of Africa.....

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The Ghosts of Roman Britain - When the Legions Still March www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Uy... Vis @romanhistory1.bsky.social

The Ghosts of Roman Britain - When the Legions Still March

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Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 5d

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Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome

Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 9d

Today 63BC Cicero obtained from the Senate the senatus consultum ultimum to fight Catilina

Lawless Republic - The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome
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The collapse of law and order in the last years of the Roman Republic

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Scipio Africanus: The First Imperator

Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 10d

Today 202BC Battle of Zama Hannibal & the Carthaginian army are defeated by Roman legions under Scipio Africanus ending 2nd Punic War

Scipio Africanus:The First Imperator
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Scipio Africanus led a daring invasion to defeat Hannibal

Scipio Africanus (235–183 BCE) commanded his first army at twenty-five, led a daring invasion of Africa to personally defeat Hannibal, and secured Rome’s dominance over the Mediterranean. In ten years...

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From the shadows of the imperial palace to the crucible of dynastic ambition, traces the tumultuous paths of Livia Drusilla, Julia the Elder, Agrippina the Elder, and Claudia Octavia. Drawing on a...

Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 12d

Today 33AD Agrippina the Elder, dies of starvation at 47, Roman noblewoman & wife of the general and statesman Germanicus.

Women of the Empire: The rise and fall of the women of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
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Women of the Empire

Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 12d

Today 33AD Agrippina the Elder, dies of starvation at 47, Roman noblewoman & wife of the general and statesman Germanicus. Also the mother of Caligula and was the granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus

9 Ancient Roman Roads That Still Exist Today | TheCollector

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9 Ancient Roman Roads That Still Exist Today www.thecollector.com/ancient-roma... Via @romanhistory1.bsky.social

Roman-era cities, forts, gates, and forums still stand today, alongside the ancient roads that connected them, some of which remain visible, walkable, and in daily use.

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Rome and the Isle of Man: Contact without Conquest www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NcF... Via @romanhistory1.bsky.social

Rome and the Isle of Man: Contact without Conquest

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Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 18d

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Women of the Empire: The rise & fall of the women of the Julio-Claudian dynasty

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Drawing on ancient sources & modern scholarship this book examines the lives of Livia Drusilla, Julia the Elder, Agrippina the Elder & Claudia Octavia

Women of the Empire

Germanicus: The Magnificent Life and Mysterious Death of Rome's Most Popular General

Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 20d

Today 19AD Germanicus died

Germanicus: The Magnificent Life and Mysterious Death of Rome's Most Popular General
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Germanicus was regarded by many Romans as a hero in the mould of Alexander the Great

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Lawless Republic: The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome

Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 20d

Lawless Republic - The Rise of Cicero and the Decline of Rome

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The collapse of law and order in the last years of the Roman Republic told through the rise and fall of its most famous lawyer, Cicero

In its final decades, the Roman Republic was engulfed by a crime wave. An epidemic of extortions, murders, and acts of insurrection tested the court system’s capacity to maintain order. As case after ...

Bar Kokhba: The Jew Who Defied Hadrian and Challenged the Might of Rome

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Bar Kokhba: The Jew Who Defied Hadrian & Challenged the Might of Rome

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The struggle between 2 strong-willed leaders over who would rule a nation. One was Hadrian the other Simon Bar Kokhba a Jewish military leader

One was Hadrian, the cosmopolitan ruler of the vast Roman Empire, then at its zenith, who some regarded as divine; the other was Shim'on, a Jewish military leader in a district of a minor province, wh...

Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 21d

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Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 21d

Born today 319BC King Pyrrhus of Epirus who fought both Rome and Carthage. He gave the world the phrase "a Pyrrhic victory" for a success so costly that it counts as a defeat

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The Romans: A 2,000-Year History

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An acclaimed scholar tells the full, breathtaking history of Rome, from its emergence in the Iron Age to the capture of Constantinople in the thirteenth century

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What Was the Powerful Roman Equestrian Order That Rivaled the Senate? | TheCollector

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What Was the Powerful Roman Equestrian Order That Rivaled the Senate? www.thecollector.com/roman-equest... Via @romanhistory1.bsky.social

The Roman Equestrian Order, deriving in part from the cavalry of Rome’s earliest kings, vied with the Senate for prestige, power, and wealth in Rome.

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Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 23d

Died Today 404AD Aelia Eudoxia, Empress consort by marriage to the Byzantine Emperor Arcadius

Roman History @romanhistory1.bsky.social · 23d

Today 105BC Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus with approximately 120 000 Romans killed in action