We've asked ancient historian and archaeologist Dr. Simon Elliott to answer the most googled questions about the roman empire. 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - When was the Roman Republic? 01:22 - Who ruled the ...

the Western Roman Empire collapsed in 476 AD. But what led to its downfall? The military conquests of ancient Rome, including the conquest of Italy and the Punic Wars, which culminated in the ...

In 241 BCE, one of the most decisive battles in ancient Mediterranean history took place off the coast of Sicily, as the emerging Roman Empire ... the first of the Punic Wars, which were fought ...

The more important towns received privileged juridical status, including the right to strike coins from Roman generals during ...

The rivalry between Rome and Carthage for control of the western Mediterranean culminated in the three Punic Wars, fought between the two powers from 264 B.C. to 146 B.C., ending in Roman victory ...

The Carthaginian empire left its mark in history, particularly well-known for the three large-scale "Punic Wars" with the rising Roman Republic, including the Carthaginian general Hannibal's ...

31 BC - AD 230 by B Campbell (London, 2002) The Making of the Roman Army from Republic to Empire by L Keppie (London, 1998) The Military Decorations of the Roman Army by V Maxfield (London ...