A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . civiliza-tion gained Rhaetia, AugustaVindelicorum (Augs-burg), on the Lech, be-came important as themeeting-point of sev-eral great roads. Un-der Hadrian it becamea municipium. Alongthe Danube, as on theRhine, at the fortifiedstations of Romantroops, towns arose. InNoricum, under Clau-dius and Hadrian, set-tlements were made,attracted by the greatdeposits of gold andsilver. On the Lower Dan-ube, the importance of the land arose from its agricultural productsand the military qualities of the Illyr
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . civiliza-tion gained Rhaetia, AugustaVindelicorum (Augs-burg), on the Lech, be-came important as themeeting-point of sev-eral great roads. Un-der Hadrian it becamea municipium. Alongthe Danube, as on theRhine, at the fortifiedstations of Romantroops, towns arose. InNoricum, under Clau-dius and Hadrian, set-tlements were made,attracted by the greatdeposits of gold andsilver. On the Lower Dan-ube, the importance of the land arose from its agricultural productsand the military qualities of the Illyrian and Dalmatian inhabitants,who made the best soldiers in the army, and who produced later theheroic emperors and generals, from Claudius Gothicus to ValentinianI. and Aetius. A lively river commerce grew up on the Danvibe andthe Inn; and even the Save, Laibach, and Drave were used. From the possession of Dacia (Fig. 71) the state gained a mightymountain fortress, blocking the passage from the plains of central andeastern Europe to the Danube, and a rich mining-district. Dacia was. Fkj. 71.—Fiijiii the reliefs on Trajans C<-iluiiiii. l)a-cians, with the serpent, their national symbol. Theserpent, made in several sections of different colors,and suspended on a staff, catches the wind in its openjaws, and seems a thing of life. (From Fröhner.) 168 THE ANCIENT WORLD IN THE SECOND CENTURY the gold country of the time. Sarmizegethusa, the capital of theDacians, became the centre of an Italian civilization. It was through the newly Romanized peoples in different parts ofthe empire that from the third century the existence of the state waschiefly preserved. There was a constant intercourse and commerce between the capitaland the borders of the empire. Settled peace, the able and benevolentadministration, the public security, and a uniform state coinage, pro-duced everywhere beneficial effects. The brutal sports of the amphi-
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