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1 - Encyclopedia Of The Roman Empire

2 - Matthew Bunson
3 - ¤ Academy
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11 - ¤ Aelian
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13 - ¤ Aerarium Militare
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39 - ¤ Anullinus, Publius Cornelius
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42 - ¤ Aqueducts
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44 - ¤ Arabia
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48 - ¤ Arches
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52 - ¤ Argentus
53 - ¤ Ariarathes X Of Cappadocia
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59 - Rulers of Armenia Minor
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61 - The Arsacid Kings
62 - Phraates
63 - ¤ Art And Architecture
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65 - The Late Empire - From the time of Septimius Severus (193-211) to Constantine The Great
66 - Architecture
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75 - Emperor
76 - Trebonianus Gallus (251-253) Soldiers
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79 - ¤ Athenaeum
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81 - ¤ Attila
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86 - ¤ Augustodonum
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94 - ¤ Avitus
95 - ¤ Axona
96 - Chronology Of Major Events
97 - The Empire
98 - Death of Germanicus
99 - Jewish Revolt
100 - The Decline Of The Empire
101 - A Note On Names
102 - Introduction
103 - Trade and Commerce
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106 - Acknowledgments
107 - Dedication
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109 - Inside Cover Picture
110 - Scan / Edit Notes
111 - |- {Pdb}
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116 - ¤ Bassus, Junius
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122 - ¤ Berenice
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124 - ¤ Bibulus, Lucius Calpurnius
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127 - After Emperor Gaius Caligula gave the Bosporus lands to Polemo Ii of Pontus, Emperor Claudius, in
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129 - Roman Rule
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132 - Culture and Colonization
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136 - Bucolici Tribe of herdsmen and nationalists living near the Nile Delta just northeast of
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140 - ¤ Caesar, Julius
141 - Julius Caesar
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143 - by numerous other writers, including: Appian's Civil War; Suetonius's Julius Caesar; Dio; Plutarch's Caesar; and the
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147 - ¤ Campus Agrippa
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149 - Although
150 - ¤ Capua
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153 - ¤ Carna
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157 - ¤ Cassius Parmensis
158 - ¤ Castra Peregrina
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160 - ¤ Catuvellauni
161 - ¤ Celer, Caninius
162 - ¤ Celsus, Marius
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167 - ¤ Chatti
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169 - ¤ Christianity
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176 - Augustine, Clement of Alexandria, Cyprian, Dionysius of Alexandria, Epiphanius, Hilary, Ignatius, Irenaeus,
177 - Rhetoric -> Cicero's main extant works on rhetoric are: Rhetorica; De oratore, a dialogue between two great
178 - ¤ Cicero, Quintus Tullius
179 - ¤ Cinna, Lucius Cornelius
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181 - ¤ Civil War, First Triumvirate
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183 - ¤ Claqueurs
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185 - Porta Maggiore
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187 - ¤ Clemens, Flavius
188 - ¤ Cleopatra
189 - Arabia - Commagene
190 - Bosporan Kingdom - Palmyra
191 - ¤ Cogidubnus, Tiberius Claudius
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193 - Antoninianus
194 - Centenionalis
195 - Augustan Values
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197 - ¤ Colonies
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199 - ¤ Columns
200 - The Column of Marcus Aurelius in Rome
201 - Comes Avernorum -> Count in charge of the defenses of part of Gaul (Gallia)
202 - Comes Sacrae Vestis
203 - ¤ Commodus
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205 - ¤ Condrusi
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210 - ¤ Constantinople
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215 - ¤ Constitutiones
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217 - ¤ Corbulo, Gnaeus Domitius
218 - Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo
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222 - ¤ Cottius
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224 - ¤ Crescentia, Cannutia
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227 - ¤ Ctesiphon
228 - ¤ Cura Aquarum
229 - ¤ Curialis
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232 - ¤ Cyrene
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240 - ¤ Decius, Gaius Messius Quintus
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245 - ¤ Diocese
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255 - ¤ Donativum
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258 - ¤ Drusus (3)
259 - ¤ Duumviri
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266 - ¤ Emperors Of The Roman Empire See Appendix 1: Emperors Of The Roman
267 - ¤ Ephesus
268 - The Library of Ephesus
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272 - ¤ Erato
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276 - ¤ Eusebius
277 - ¤ Eutropius
278 - ¤ Excubitors
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281 - Farming
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283 - ¤ Felicitas
284 - ¤ Festivals Of The Roman Year
285 - See also Gods And Goddesses Of Rome and individual listings of deities; Arval Brethren;
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290 - Deity
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293 - ¤ Forum Augustum
294 - Temple of Mars Ultor at the Forum Romanum
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297 - ¤ Freedmen
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301 - 217, Macrinus appointed Marcus Oclatinus Adventus, the
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320 - ¤ Callus Caesar
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335 - ¤ Gods And Goddesses Of Rome
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341 - ¤ Gundioc
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344 - Athens), Sicily, Africa, Asia Minor, Cappadocia, Syria and Egypt, where his favorite courtier,
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351 - ¤ Herodian
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354 - ¤ Hills Of Rome
355 - The Palatine Hill
356 - Collis Quirinalis -> One of the largest hills of Rome, the Quirinal is adjacent to the Campus Martius and
357 - Mons Janiculus -> A hill across the Tiber from Rome, which served originally as a fortress facing the
358 - Hispania
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362 - Satires -> Horace chose not to use moral outrage but humor as the basis of his two books of satires,
363 - Ars Poetica -> Although probably composed as part of the Epistles, the Ars Poetica (Art of Poetry) was
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370 - ¤ Ignatius
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372 - ¤ Imagines
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377 - ¤ Ingiuomerus
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379 - ¤ Isis
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395 - Coponius
396 - Cuspius Fadus
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403 - ¤ Junia
404 - ¤ Jupiter
405 - ¤ Jurists
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408 - ¤ Juvenalis, Flavius
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411 - ¤ Laelianus, Upius Cornelius
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415 - Constitutiones; Consilium Principis; Consul; Correctores; Curialis;
416 - ¤ Legions
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422 - » The Late Empire
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428 - ¤ Lepidus, Marcus Aemilius (2) Son of the Triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (1); tried
429 - Antonia de actis confirmandis - Actually a series of enactments decreed under the auspices of Marc
430 - Julia de adulteriis coercendis
431 - Malacitana - The Lex Malacitana granted the status of the ius Latii to the provinces of Spain, by order of
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435 - ¤ Lictors
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438 - » The Augustan Age
439 - » The Silver Age
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450 - Ludi Ceriales -> These games were held annually, April 12-19, commencing with the Cerealia on
451 - Ludi Romani -> The oldest of the Ludi, dating back to the days of kings and supposedly founded by the
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453 - ¤ Lutetia
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458 - ¤ Macrianus, Titus Fulvius Junius
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461 - ¤ Maecenas, Gaius Cilnius
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463 - Trismegistos; Iamblichus; Julian The Apostate; Maximus Of Ephesus;
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467 - ¤ Magister Scriniorum
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485 - ¤ Massilia
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487 - ¤ Mauretania
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495 - ¤ Maximus, Tattius
496 - ¤ Media Atropatene
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499 - life, see also Achaea; Adriatic Sea; Africa; Alexandria; Aquileia; Asia; Black
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502 - ¤ Merobaudes, Flavius
503 - ¤ Messalla Corvinus, Marcus Valerius
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505 - ¤ Metellus Scipio, Quintus Caecilius
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509 - ¤ Minerva
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529 - Misenum -> The port at Misenum replaced the one at Forum Julii (Forum lulii) as the center for
530 - Syria -> The long, Mediterranean coastline of Asia Minor and the northeast corner of the Mediterranean at
531 - The Maison Carree at Nemausus (Nimes)
532 - ¤ Neoplatonism
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534 - ¤ Nepos, Platorius
535 - ¤ Nepotianus, Julius
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541 - ¤ Nile
542 - ¤ Nisibis
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552 - The provinces included in Oriens were: Pamphylia, Isauria, Cilicia, Mesopotamia, Coele-Syria, Phoenice,
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554 - ¤ Ostia
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558 - Ars Amatoria (Art of Love) -> in three books, one of his best and most popular works, which defined
559 - Nux (Nut Tree) -> one of Ovid's later poems, Nux allegorically presented the pitiful plight of a tree
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565 - ¤ Pantheon
566 - The Pantheon
567 - Liberius
568 - ¤ Paphlagonia
569 - ¤ Parthia
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571 - ¤ Pater Patriae
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573 - ¤ Patrick
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576 - ¤ Peponila
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580 - ¤ Petra
581 - ¤ Petreius, Marcus
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587 - ¤ Philosophers See Ammonius Saccas; Ambrose; Apollonius Of Tyana; Apuleius; Arius;
588 - ¤ Pictor, Fabius
589 - ¤ Pinus, Cornelius
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591 - ¤ Pisonian Conspiracy
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596 - -> Catullus, Gaius Helvius Cinna, Cornelius Callus, Horace, Aemilius Macer, Domitius
597 - Flaccus, Grattius, Julius Cerealis, Juvenal, Lucan, Marcus Manilius, Martial, Publius Pomponius
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600 - ¤ Pompeii
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607 - ¤ Praetorian Guard
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609 - Augustus
610 - Commodus
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614 - Emperor Served
615 - Lucius Julianus
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625 - ¤ Quadi
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632 - Religion or cult
633 - Asclepius
634 - ¤ Rhodes
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637 - ¤ Roma
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639 - Esquiliae, Vi Alta Semita, Vii Via Lata, Vii Forum Romanum, Ix Circus Flaminius, X Palatium, Xi Circus Maximus, Xii
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644 - Marcellinus, Dio Cassius, Suetonius, Tacitus' Annals and History, Pliny the Elder and Younger, as well as Frontinus,
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648 - reportedly ousted Septicius Clarus, Prefect of the Praetorian Guard, and Suetonius Tranquillus, an
649 - ¤ Sabinus, Masurius
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658 - The Sassanid Kings
659 - Narses
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667 - ¤ Senaculum
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670 - Epistulae morales -> 124 moral letters, in 20 books, were also addressed to Lucilius, presenting various
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673 - Sestertius (Also sestertii or sesterces) One of the major species of Roman imperial Coinage; the
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676 - ¤ Severus Alexander, Marcus Aurelius (Marcus Julius Gessius Alexianus Bassianus)
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680 - ¤ Sibyl
681 - The Sibyl of Cumae, from the Sistine Chapel
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685 - The Senate recognized Servius Sulpicius Galba (2), governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, as Nero's
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690 - See also Curialis; Deciiriones; Farming; Industry; Slavery; Trade; Tribune;
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692 - ¤ Sophistry
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699 - ¤ Suessiones
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705 - Dynasty; Baalbek; Berytus; Emesa; Galerius; Iamblichus; Lucian;
706 - Dialogue on the Orators (Dialogus de Oratoribus) -> This treatise was once considered his first book,
707 - Germania (De origine et situ Germanorum, On the Origins and Country of the Germans) ->
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711 - the Basilica Aemilia, Temple Of Vesta, Temple Of Castor And Pollux and the
712 - ¤ Temple Of Jupiter Capitolinus
713 - ¤ Temple Of Mars Ultor Shrine constructed by Emperor Augustus in honor of Mars Ultor,
714 - ¤ Temple Of Vesta
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716 - Praescriptione haereticorum, De Spectaculis, De Testimonia Animae, Ad Uxorem, De Baptismo and De
717 - Aided by Galerius, Diocletian took the East, specifically Bithynia, Arabia, Africa and Egypt, with
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720 - wrote Hercules Troades, Phoenissae, Medea, Phaedra, Oedipus, Agamemnon, Hercules Oetaeus and
721 - ¤ Theaters And Amphitheaters
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728 - Cyriades, Postumus, Lollianus (Laelianus), victorinus, Mariius, Ingenuus, Regalianus, Aureolus,
729 - were: Postumus the Younger, Victorinus the Younger, Herodes, Piso, Saturninus, Trebellianus,
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731 - ¤ Thysdrus
732 - Herod of Chalcis, Antiochus Iv of Commagene, Cotys of Armenia Minor, Polemo of Pontus and
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738 - Arabia, Syria, Palestine, Germania Inferior, Bithynia, Pontus, Paphlagonia, Gallia Aquitania and Gallia
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742 - ¤ Tivoli
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744 - ¤ Toga
745 - A Roman in a Toga Drawn Over His Head
746 - Trade And Commerce
747 - Cappadocia
748 - Thrace
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750 - ¤ Trebonianus Gallus, Gaius Vibius
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755 - Porta Nigra at Trier
756 - ¤ Tripolitania
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763 - ¤ Uldin
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785 - ¤ Vestal Virgins
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787 - ¤ Viae
788 - Major Roman Roads
789 - Via Cassia -> A key road in central Italy that went from Rome to Arrentium, connecting the Eternal City to
790 - Via Salaria -> One of the roads leading away from Rome, through the northeastern route to Reate and
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806 - ¤ Wall Of Hadrian
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814 - Appendix I
815 - Western Empire
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817 - Appendix 2
818 - Flavia Domitilla
819 - Marciana
820 - L Ceinnius Cnmmcxius
821 - Julia \1Afsa
822 - Romula
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824 - Glossary of governmental, military and social titles
825 - Legate - an officer who fulfilled a number of duties for the emperor or the Senate, either military or
826 - Quaestor