and Burgundians—cross the border into the Western Roman Empire to settle. At times they put themselves at the service of Rome. Attila, king of the Huns from 445, invades Gaul. At the head of a ...

But in 406, the Rhine froze over and barbarians spilled into Gaul. By the 470s ... as it existed during the Roman Empire. The map's origins were obscure: a 13th-century monk from Colmar had ...

of rivers and canals Map reveals how much it would have cost to travel on roads and seas across the empire in 200 CE It calculates the route based on the season, or mode of transport chosen - and ...

Well, at that time all these places were part of the Roman Empire. An empire is a group of ... made a name for himself conquering the land of Gaul in what is now France. He wanted to take control ...

It took two men to wrestle Rome back from chaos and turn a republic into an empire. In the first century BC, Rome was a republic. Power lay in the hands of the Senate, elected by Roman citizens.

Ranking immediately below senators, equestrians became an important human resource, whose work underpinned the smooth running of the Roman Empire ... provinces such as Gaul and Spain.

A group of Roman re-enactors. The Roman army was the largest fighting force in the ancient world. It conquered a huge empire that stretched from Britain all the way to the Middle East. The ...