CLCV 1003 Lecture 15: Roman Expansion
19 Apr 2016
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Temple of bellona > bellum means war . Wars of italian expansion (etruscans, samnites, latins > 5th-3rd century bce) Punic wars: first 264-241 bce, second 218-201 bce, third (?) 149-146 bce >> mostly just a siege of carthage. Macedonian wars (215-148 bce) greece and w. turkey. Razing of city of corinth (146 bce) Jugurthine wars (112-106 bce) n. africa. Mithridatic wars (88-63 bce) turkey/black sea region. Ditch on either side of the wall. Housesteads > roman fort every 9 km, auxiliary troops. Wall parallels rhine river and danube river. Too easy to cross, built an outer frontier on the other side of the river. Auxiliary forts and legionary forts along wall. Outer wall gone by 3rd century ce, go back to natural features. Continuing attempt to expand the empire east. A potentially problematic word because of the implications of dominance inherent in it. Suggested homogeneity in the process of cultural change > everybody became roman.
