Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . up of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire and its Government 2. Before we begin our study of the history of westernEurope since the break-up of the Roman Empire we must stopto consider briefly the way in which people were living beforethe German leaders succeeded in establishing their of At the opening of the fifth century there were no separate, ^e ^oman independent states in western Europe such as we find on the mapto-day. The whole area n
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . up of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire and its Government 2. Before we begin our study of the history of westernEurope since the break-up of the Roman Empire we must stopto consider briefly the way in which people were living beforethe German leaders succeeded in establishing their of At the opening of the fifth century there were no separate, ^e ^oman independent states in western Europe such as we find on the mapto-day. The whole area now occupied by England, France. Spain, Western Europe before the Barbarian Invasions 5 and Italy formed at that time only a part of the vast realms ruledover by the Roman emperor and his host of officials. As forGermany, most of it was still familiar only to the half-savagetribes who inhabited it. Tlie Romans had tried in vain to con-quer this part of Europe, but finally had to content themselveswith keeping the German hordes out of the Empire by meansof fortifications and guards along the Rhine and Danube rivers. -^ ^ 1 ^>. ^-^. Fig. I. Roman Aqueduct near NImes This structure was built by tlie Romans about the year 20 tosupply the Roman colony of Nemausus (now called Nimes) in south-ern France with water from two excellent springs twenty-five milesdistant. It is nearly 900 feet long and 160 feet high, and carried thewater over the valley of the river Gard. The channel for the water isat the very top, and one can still walk through it. The miles of aque-duct on either side of this bridge have almost disappeared The Roman Empire, which embraced southern and western Great diver-Europe, western Asia, and even the northern portion of Africa fnduded(see map), included the most diverse peoples and races. Egyp- ^*j*°tians, Arabs, Jews, Greeks, Italians, Gauls, Britons, Iberians,—all alike were under the sovereign rule of Rome. One greatstate embraced the nomad shepherds wh
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