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. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. of fortresses from the Frith ofForth to the Frith of Clyde (par. 227). Behind this shelterRoman civilization developed securely and rapidly in thenew-formed province. On the Danubian frontier the Roman arms were lesssuccessful than in Britain. Here the Dacians, dwellingnorth of the Danube, were distressing the province ofMcesia by plundering raids across the river. Unable toreduce the marauding tribes to submission, Domitian nego-tiated a peace with them by the terms of which the Romanswere to pay them a yearly tribute on
. Rome : its rise and fall ; a text-book for high schools and colleges. of fortresses from the Frith ofForth to the Frith of Clyde (par. 227). Behind this shelterRoman civilization developed securely and rapidly in thenew-formed province. On the Danubian frontier the Roman arms were lesssuccessful than in Britain. Here the Dacians, dwellingnorth of the Danube, were distressing the province ofMcesia by plundering raids across the river. Unable toreduce the marauding tribes to submission, Domitian nego-tiated a peace with them by the terms of which the Romanswere to pay them a yearly tribute on condition that theyrefrain from invading the territory of Rome. This was thefirst time that Rome purchased peace of an enemy withgold instead of with steel. The practice became commonenough later. Under this emperor took place what is known in churchhistory as the second persecution of the class, as well as the Jews, were the special objects ofDomitians hatred, because they refused to burn incensebefore the statues of himself which he had set up ( »Ituna MONCEDA OR MONA(SoW(OF CAESAR)(Isle of Man) OCE ANUSHIBERJVIC US (Irish Sea) MONA I.(OF TACITUS)V JinaFl,() M A X I M/A OESARl\ENSi; vEbofacup• (York) Mancunium= (Manchester) . oto Segontium wDeva i/Chester) iLindumlA (Lincoln) -. lUriconium/,: (Wroxe^er^ 3BRIT, .^c. N IM I Al UN DA .<rm Ratee(Leicester)^ A Terita IcenorE N]S I S/ c e m Carfiboricum /{Cambridge) (WALlES) S / / u\r e s„.Isca Siluniim / Sabrina j&{Bristol Channelfstuariu
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