Their united reigns are possibly the only period of history in which the happiness of a great people was the sole object of government.Continuing
Government Stability in Early Roman Empire
The soldiers were seldom roused to that fatal sense of their own strength, and of the weakness of the civil authority, which was, before and
Absolute Monarchy in Disguise
The masters of the Roman world surrounded their throne with darkness, concealed their irresistible strength, and humbly professed themselves the
Emperor’s Control of Officials
The usual number of consuls, praetors, and tribunes, were annually invested with their respective ensigns of office, and continued to discharge some
The Power of the Roman Generals
In his camp the general exercised an absolute power of life and death; his jurisdiction was not confined by any forms of trial, or rules of
Effects of Peace and Prosperity on the Roman Empire
Today's installment concludes Roman Empire's Society and Economy,our selection from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by
Agriculture in the Roman Empire
Agriculture is the foundation of manufactures since the productions of nature are the materials of art.Continuing Roman Empire's Society and
Roman Empire’s Roads
The public roads were accurately divided by milestones and ran in a direct line from one city to another, with very little respect for the obstacles
Importance of Aqueducts
The solitudes of Asia and Africa were once covered with flourishing cities, whose populousness, and even whose existence, was derived from such