100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 ... to strengthen the northern borders of the empire and tackle its enemies in the east. At home, he reformed the Roman calendar, tackled local government ...

of rivers and canals Map reveals how much it would have cost to travel on roads and seas across the empire in 200 CE It calculates the route based on the season, or mode of transport chosen - and ...

This map shows the ... but her husband was anti-Roman. The Romans invaded and occupied the territory in AD79. Unlike other people living in Britain between about 300 and 100 BC, the people in ...

A section of one of Britain’s most important Roman roads has been unearthed in south-east London in a “remarkable” ...

62 BC – 14 AD ... Augustus had ended 100 years of civil war and achieved over 40 years of internal peace and prosperity. His vision and power had expanded the Roman Empire to become far ...

Because “Roman roads are characteristically straight,” archaeologists thought they knew where the London section of road ...

At the centre of the Roman empire stood the emperor and the court surrounding him. The systematic investigation of this court in its own right, however, has been a relatively late development in the ...

The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar declared himself as the first Roman emperor. The official date of ...

Welcome back to this second part of 'A History of the World in 100 Objects' here at the British ... strongly felt in the world today - the Roman Empire in the West, the Empire of Ashoka in India ...

Alexander was king of Macedonia who conquered the Persian empire ... Alexander died from illness in 323 bc. 2. Julius Caesar (100 BC-44 BC). Caesar was a Roman general and politician who is ...