. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. T^ia P m W H W/. WM C/2 ■ (^ D A a n H ^ ^ J -0 ■K ^-^ D t^ O |i^HilH^| Z ^^^^^^^H H ^^^^^^^H Z ^^^^l^^l <. THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIRE the oriental thrones with princes trained at Rome was not agreat success. You might learn bad lessons at court; youmight even learn to know Rome without learning to love orfear her. The princes sent to Armenia or Parthia were un-stable allies and the ordinary course of events was for theRomans to send out a king to Armenia and for the Parthiansto depose him. Again it was left for T
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. T^ia P m W H W/. WM C/2 ■ (^ D A a n H ^ ^ J -0 ■K ^-^ D t^ O |i^HilH^| Z ^^^^^^^H H ^^^^^^^H Z ^^^^l^^l <. THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIRE the oriental thrones with princes trained at Rome was not agreat success. You might learn bad lessons at court; youmight even learn to know Rome without learning to love orfear her. The princes sent to Armenia or Parthia were un-stable allies and the ordinary course of events was for theRomans to send out a king to Armenia and for the Parthiansto depose him. Again it was left for Trajan to attack thisproblem in the old Roman fashion; when the usual submissiveembassy arrived, Trajan answered, as a Metellus might havedone, that he wanted deeds not words, and he led his army found the Eastern legions, whose headquarters were atAntioch, already civilianised and orientalised so that they hadbecome useless for fighting. At this time there were fourlegions in Syria, one in Judsea and one in the new province ofCappadocia. The first task was to restore discipline and energyto these troops. Then, without bloodshed, in 115 Armeniawas declared a province. P
Size: 1812px × 1378px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1920, bookidgrandeurthat, bookyear1920
