There are many people who have tried to claim that the Roman emperor Septimius Severus (ruled 193 – 211 AD) was a black man. It is a claim that I have encountered numerous times on Quora. For insta...
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Romans were not impressed by war elephants. Let me correct myself. They were impressed ONE time:
Pyrrhus of Epirus came to Italy in 280 BC with war elephants. At the Battle of Heraclea, the Roman le...
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I love the question.
Ya there were a couple.
Vespasian was an interesting case. He cultivated this public image of being a semi-divine miracle worker but behind the scenes, he was a regular guy. He l...
(more)Loading…Your question has troubled historians for centuries. Most people are not aware of the “costlier battles” you mention. There were many and “costly” is a mild word to assess the loss. For example, th...
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It didn’t.
Romans were excellent constructors but bad gadgeteers. Compared to the Chinese, the Romans were lousy engineers. Of all schools of engineering (civil, process, mechanical, chemical) the R...
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