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- Here are the worst defeats in battle suffered by the ancient Romans, according to those of us on the Ancient / Classical History Forum, especially members cjriga and KL47. These defeats are listed chronologically from the more legendary past to the better documented defeats during the Roman Empire.otal Roman losses are probably well under 20,000, but the disaster means that the frontier coalesces on the Rhine rather than the Elbe as planned. -KL47 This defeat marked the end of any hope of expansion across the Rhine. More than that, it marked a change in Imperial policy..
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10 Epic Roman Military Disasters Your History Books Forgot A.D. 468. Photo credit: Fourat/Panoramio. Just like the army, the Roman navy has had its fair share of military disasters. In this one, a joint naval expedition (reputedly one the biggest in ancient times) by the Empire and the independent province of Illiricum against the Vandal Kingdom ended in a huge lopsided defeat.his battle marked the first time that a Roman emperor died at the hands of a foreign enemy. Set in the modern-day city of Razgrad, Bulgaria, the battle pitted the Romans—led by the co-emperors Decius and his son Herennius—against the Goths.
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Why Did Caesar Fail, yet Augustus Succeed, in Obtaining One-man Rule Over Rome? Julius Caesar numbers among history’s best generals and propagandists. However, Caesar’s reign ended only a few years after its start with his assassination. In contrast his inexperienced nephew, Octavian, succeeded where Caesar failed by establishing his long and successful rule of Rome.
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- The Eighth Amendment (Amendment VIII) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights (ratified December 15, 1791) prohibiting the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments, including torture.ustice Potter Stewart 's opinion for the Robinson Court held that infliction of cruel and unusual punishment [is] in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.. The framers of the Fourteenth Amendment, such as John Bingham, had discussed this subject:
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The Roman conquest of Greece, in pictures The Roman Senate. After the defeat of Philip V in the First and Second Macedonian wars (214-205, 200-197), Macedon was a shadow of its former self. The Greek states began to turn instead to the Roman Senate for advice and help. In this way Rome retained power in Greece even when it had no army there.
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Stabiae Originally a small port, by the 6th century BC Stabiae had already been overshadowed by the much larger port at Pompeii. The town was destroyed by Lucius Cornelius Sulla on 30 April 89 BC during the Social War, a revolt by many of Rome's allies in the area.
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Justinian I Because of his restoration activities, Justinian has sometimes been called the last Roman in modern historiography. This ambition was expressed by the partial recovery of the territories of the defunct western Roman Empire. His general, Belisarius, swiftly conquered the Vandal kingdom in North Africa.
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- He took Attila the Huns empire whe…n he died in 453. Well, atedius took it, but wasn't more better when Genghis Khan was in charge) . Attila lost to the Goth warriors (in 451) and not really the Romans stepped in with the Goth warriors.
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Battle of Zama The Romans failed to defeat Hannibal or drive him from Italy, but following Scipio's decisive victory at the Battle of Ilipa in Spain in 206 BC, Iberia had been secured by the Romans. In 205 BC, Scipio returned to Rome, where he was elected consul with a unanimous vote.
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Why Rome Fell ‘Once the invaders had breached the border defenses, Rome lacked the military strength to expel them and instead settled them’. ‘[I am] holding a wolf by the ears’ —Tiberius, emperor of Rome (r. 14–37) The Roman empire was antiquity’s largest and most powerful state. It reached its zenith under Trajan (r. 98–117), encompassing nearly 2 million square miles and containing some 60 million people.
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6f. The Fall of the Roman Empire The invading army reached the outskirts of Rome, which had been left totally undefended. In 410 C.E., the Visigoths, led by Alaric, breached the walls of Rome and sacked the capital of the Roman Empire.
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Ancient Rome 1 Aurelius was the last of the Five Good Emperors. 2  Diocletian-He was perhaps both a good and bad emperor. 3  With the Roman Empire growing too large to manage from Rome, Diocletian split the Roman Empire into two sections; the Eastern Roman Empire and the Western Roman Empire.onstantine the Great ruled over the Eastern Roman Empire. He was the first Emperor to convert to Christianity and started the Roman conversion to Christianity. He also changed the city of Byzantium to Constantinople, which would be capital of the Eastern Roman Empire for over 1000 years.
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Who Was Hannibal? - Profile of Rome's Greatest Enemy Family of Hannibal: Hannibal was a son of Hamilcar Barca (d.228 B.C.), the military leader of Carthage during the First Punic War in which he was defeated in 241 B.C. Hamilcar developed a base for Carthage in southern Spain, which helps explain the geography and transalpine adventure of the Second Punic War.annibal (or Hannibal Barca) was the leader of the military forces of Carthage that fought against Rome in the Second Punic War. Hannibal, who almost overpowered Rome, was considered Rome's greatest enemy. Occupation of Hannibal:
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Top 10 greatest emperors of Ancient Rome Officially declared by the Senate optimus princeps (the best ruler), Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over the greatest military expansion in Roman history, leading the empire to attain its maximum territorial extent by the time of his death.
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Has A Lost Roman Legion Been Found In China? And now DNA tests may have found one of the most legendarily lost groups of Roman soldiers-in China. You might know Marcus Crassus from Spartacus, but he wasn’t just Kirk Douglas’ enemy. He also was in command of one of ancient Rome’s most devastating defeats-the Battle of Carrhae.
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- The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, Constantinople was conquered by the Ottoman Army, under the command Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II on 29th May 1453. With this conquest Ottomans became an Empire and one of the most powerful empires, The Eastern Roman Empire fell and lasted.
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6f. The Fall of the Roman Empire The invading army reached the outskirts of Rome, which had been left totally undefended. In 410 C.E., the Visigoths, led by Alaric, breached the walls of Rome and sacked the capital of the Roman Empire. The Visigoths looted, burned, and pillaged their way through the city, leaving a wake of destruction wherever they went. The plundering continued for three days.
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The Fall of Rome (150CE-475CE) 375-378: Rule of Valens in East, Gratian in West (to 383) Ostrogothic Black Sea kingdom destroyed by Huns. Huns push all tribes before them to the Danube and Rhine borders of the Roman Empire. 378: Battle of Adrianopole Valens defeated, killed by Visigoths he had allowed to cross the border but had not supplied.
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10 Most Decisive Ancient Battles Third Servile War. The Third Servile War (73–71 BC), also called the Gladiator War and the War of Spartacus by Plutarch, was the last of a series of unrelated and unsuccessful slave rebellions against the Roman Republic, known collectively as the Roman Servile Wars.
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Ancient Rome: Why did the Roman Empire fail? In 395 AD, Rome split into two empires - the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Each side had a ruler in charge of it. The Roman Empire was split by Theodosius.
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Why Rome Fell Roman losses during the campaigns between 395 and 410 were horrific; some estimates claim the invaders shattered as many as 80 regiments—nearly 50 percent of the Roman field army in the west. Short on troops, desperate Roman commanders resorted to hiring the warriors of tribes already settled in the empire.
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The Roman Military The Roman military was the most successful and powerful in history, dominating the Western world for over a thousand years. The size, strength and organization of their infantry force wouldn’t be equaled again for another thousand years.his was the form of the Roman armies of Caesar, Augustus and Emperor Titus. They conquered their old enemy, the Gauls in France and the Celts of Britain. In the East they took over the old Hellenistic Kingdoms, Syria, Egypt and Judea.
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Roman Republic Assuming power in 88 BCE, Sulla quickly defeated King Mithridates of Pontus in the East, crushed the Samnites with the help of the generals Pompey and Crassus, purged the Roman Senate (80 were killed or exiled), reorganized the law courts, and enacted a number of reforms.
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Compare and Contrast Essay on the Fall of the Roman and Han Empires Compare and Contrast Essay on the Fall of the Roman and Han Empires. Fall of Roman and Han Empires. The Roman and Han Empires were among the greatest empires in the history of the World. Both ruling in the first century of the Common Era, the Han dynasty peaking in the 200s and the Roman Empire in the 400s, these empires showed great military power, strived in economic trade, and their territories covered vast land.
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Who was the biggest tyrant in the Roman Empire? Best Answer: Nero and Caligula were the worst tyrants that Rome ever had from my opinion. Nero, because he never did anything to improve the Empire but only make it worse to live in such as intolaration of Christianity as well as other religions. Also he basically just lived an expensive lifestyle while he killed many of his citizens and basically did not care much about the order and improvements.
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- Rome's best general was Julius Caesar. He lived in the 1st century BC and invaded Britain twice. Caesar came close to being emperor of Rome, but he was murdered in 44 BC. By then, Rome was more than a city. It was the capital of an empire. The Romans ruled lands from France to North Africa. You can see this in our map in the 'Photos' section on the right.