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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...