Art and culture of ancient Rome

Аннотация

When the Romans ate the height of their power In the 2nd century AD, they ruled an expanded empire east to Mesopotamia (now Iraq), northwest Great Britain and the Spanish peninsula and south of the Mediterranean coast North Africa. About 50 million people lived in this huge area people. The borders of the empire were well defended by a large army. All conquered peoples are different races and different mixtures cultures - subject to Roman law. Relations between Rome and the outlying regions of the empire avast preserved road network. At the end of the 1st century AD, Romeit himself It was a developing city with more than a million inhabitants.