. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. Plate 74. DETAIL UF THE ANTONINE COLUMN Anderson IP- 264 THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIRE setting up immobile defences like the Great Wall of China isalways a dangerous one. Useful at first and visibly strong, ittends to lull the defenders into a false security. The campsand forts grew into towns, the armies into peaceful citizensliving with their wives and children and devoting themselvesto trade and husbandry. Meanwhile the barbarians on theother side were growing stronger and learning the art of waras fast as the Romans were
. The grandeur that was Rome; a survey of Roman culture and civilisation:. Plate 74. DETAIL UF THE ANTONINE COLUMN Anderson IP- 264 THE GROWTH OF THE EMPIRE setting up immobile defences like the Great Wall of China isalways a dangerous one. Useful at first and visibly strong, ittends to lull the defenders into a false security. The campsand forts grew into towns, the armies into peaceful citizensliving with their wives and children and devoting themselvesto trade and husbandry. Meanwhile the barbarians on theother side were growing stronger and learning the art of waras fast as the Romans were forgetting it. After this the danger-point for the Empire shifted graduallyeastwards down the Danube. Claudius had converted Thracefrom an allied kingdom into a Roman province in 46. Muchdifficulty was caused by the Dacians, who lived just across theDanube on the north bank opposite the Roman province ofMoesia and in the modern Roumania. As the Danube was aptto become frozen in winter it ceased to offer a satisfactoryfrontier, so long as there were powerful enemie
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