HIST-1107EL Quiz: Roman Empire History
12 Nov 2020
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Western roman empire: founded 21 april 753 bc, kingdom -> republic -> empire, territory, rise from small settlement to "world power, all mediterranean, iberian peninsula, france, belgium, parts of germany, england, Romania, hungary: around 100 ad: 4. 5m km2, >70m inhabitants, thomas hobbes (leviathan, 1651): state authority must maintain peace and enforce the. Incorporation of hellenistic culture, byzantium (greek colony) as second capital law, no difference between integration (of europe?) by agreement or conquest: law, conquered provinces could maintain their own law. Ius civile: personal application to roman citizens, developed from archaic roman customary law. Ius gentium: application to other cases, rules based on reason, common to all peoples. European integration awarded by aachen since 1950: treaty of verdun 843: threefold division of carolingian empire after death of charlemagne"s son louis the pious; eastern eventually "absorbed" middle part to become the "holy roman. Empire", lost significance after death of emperor frederic ii in 1250, dissolved in 1806.
