Battle of Colmar (58 BCE): one of the first battles of the Gallic War, in which Caesar defeated an army led by the Germanic leader Ariovistus.Context
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Colonia: settlement of Roman citizens. Originally, coloniae were founded in enemy territory; later, colonia became a honorific title.The first coloniae
Rome's…
Commodus: emperor of the Roman world (r. 180-192).
Commodus as Hercules
Names:
31 Augustus 161: Lucius Aurelius Commodus
12 October 166: Lucius Aurelius Commodus…
The ancient Persian and Greek cultures did not exist in isolation. There was cross-fertilization. The present article describes several aspects of Persia's influence on Greece.Conclusion
In the fields of architecture and politics, the Athenians of the fifth century BCE copied several…
Constans: emperor of the Roman world (r. 337-350).
Constans
Names:
320 or 323: Flavius Constans
25 December 333: Flavius Constans Caesar
9 September 337: Flavius…
Constantine II: emperor of the Roman world (r. 337-340).
Constantine II
Names:
7 Augustus 316: Flavius Claudius Constantinus
1 March 317: declared caesar
9 September…
Constantine I the Great: emperor of the Roman world (r. 306-337).
Constantine the Great
Names:
27 February c.273: Gaius Flavius Valerius Constantinus
25 July…
Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις) or Byzantium (Βυζάντιον): Greek city on the Bosphorus, capital of the Byzantine Empire, modern İstanbul.
Imperial eagle, on a…
Constantinople (Κωνσταντινούπολις) or Byzantium (Βυζάντιον): Greek city on the Bosphorus, capital of the Byzantine Empire, modern İstanbul.
The acropolis of Byzantium
According…