CLST 201 Lecture : Lecture 1 (2).docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLST 201
• Professor: Margaret Erskine

Document Summary

Late republican to early imperial 2nd c. bc to ad 138. Livy history can be very beneficial to study because of the lessons it teaches. At the height of its power in the 2nd century ad, it stretched from britain in the north, spain in the. West, egypt to the south, and the euphrates river in the east. The descendants of civlications such as the egyptians, phonetians, and the greeks (about 70 million people) were subject to roman rule. Roman empire last until 476 in the west and 1453 in the east until the fall of constantinople in 1453. Site of ancient rome occupied a group of seven hills overlooking the tiber river 15 miles in from the. Tyrrhenian sea (on the western coast of italy, midway along the peninsula). By early 2nd c. ad, (after julius and augustus) rome was so formidable a political and military power that it was deemed capot mundi , head of the world.