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This is a list of cities and towns founded by the Romans.. It lists cities established and built by the ancient Romans to have begun as a colony, often for the settlement of citizens or veterans of the legions.
Under the Roman Republic, which had no standing army, their own citizens were planted in conquered towns as a kind of garrison.There were two types: [1] [2] Roman colonies, coloniae civium Romanorum or coloniae maritimae, as they were often built near the sea, e.g. Ostia (350 BC) and Rimini (268 BC).
Map showing Roman colonies as of the mid-2nd century AD. Augustus' "Roman coloniae" in north Africa are depicted in red. It was an old custom in ancient Italy to send out colonies for the purpose of securing new conquests. The Romans, having no standing army, used to plant bodies of their own citizens in conquered towns as a kind of garrison.
During the civil discord of the late Republic and Second Triumvirate, colonies were founded on the whim of dynasts such as Sulla and Julius Caesar without such a law. Colonies were modelled closely on the Roman constitution, with roles being defined for magistrates, council, and assemblies. Colonists enjoyed full Roman citizenship and were thus ...
A locator map of the Holy Roman Empire during the time of the Hohenstaufen Emperors, which also shows the Hohenstaufen-ruled Kingdom of Sicily. The map is a vectorised version of one found in Professor G. Droysens Allgemeiner Historischer Handatlas, which was published in 1886 by R. Andrée Plate, and is now in the public domain.
Printable version; In other projects ... (Roman)" The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. ... Roman colonies in North Africa;
Map of the Roman Empire under the Tetrarchy, showing the dioceses and the four Tetrarchs' zones of influence. Tetrarchy (293-313 AD) – Diocletian designated the general Maximian as co-emperor, first as Caesar (junior emperor) in 285, and then promoted him to Augustus in 286. Diocletian took care of matters in the Eastern regions of the Empire ...
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