Roman Emperors and Empire

**Astronuc** · Sep18-05, 09:24 AM

A good start - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Emperor

September 18, 96: Nerva was appointed by the Senate to become Roman Emperor, the first of the Five Good Emperors.

Marcus Cocceius Nerva (November 8, 30 AD–January 27, 98), Roman emperor (AD 96–98), was a member of the Italian nobility rather than one of the elite of Rome; in this he was like Vespasian, the founder of the Flavian dynasty.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerva

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Good_Emperors

**arildno** · Sep18-05, 09:37 AM

And here's a link to Suetonius' work:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancie...ius-index.html

**Evo** · Sep18-05, 01:41 PM

I love Fordham's Ancient History Sourcebook.

I've spent many hours there.

Astronuc, Wikipedia is fine if you just want to look up names and dates and a very condensed summary of events, but the entire Roman Empire reduced to 15 minutes of text?

**arildno** · Sep18-05, 01:43 PM

Fordham is great.

**Astronuc** · Sep18-05, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by Evo

Astronuc, Wikipedia is fine if you just want to look up names and dates and a very condensed summary of events, but the entire Roman Empire reduced to 15 minutes of text?

This is true, but it's a good place to start.

I think it would take many moons to track down all the websites and determine the quality.

I did not know of the Fordam site. I wonder, there must be more like that at other universities?

Another university site on Roman History (Roman Internet Resources) - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ROMINRES.HTM

There is this one - De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Emperors

list of Roman Emperors incomplete

Roman Emperors (27 BC-491 AD) - http://www.britannia.com/history/resource/emperor.html

Then there is an interesting site, which I have yet to peruse, but the history of Romania and Rome is quite interesting:
ROME AND ROMANIA (27 BC-1453 AD) - http://www.friesian.com/romania.htm
Emperors of the Roman and the so-called Byzantine Empires; Princes, Kings, and Tsars of Numidia, Judaea, Bulgaria, Serbia, Wallachia, & Moldavia; and the Sultâns of Rûm

I don't know how much each site collects information from others, and clearly it is hard to tell if anything has been peer-reviewed. I would imagine university sites are generally peer-reviewed.

**Evo** · Sep18-05, 04:12 PM

Originally Posted by Astronuc

This is true, but it's a good place to start.

Yes, it's a great way to get your feet wet and when you find something of particular interest, you can then research it farther.

I like both - the short compilations and reading the translated works of the actual historians.

Here are two resources for Roman history that are very user friendly and both are good for people that enjoy reading about history, but don't have much time, like me.

For a beginner, this site has some good information and is indexed well. I do not have enough knowledge to judge how accurate it is, but so far the info I've found holds up. Besides, where else can you get a card cut-out Roman legionary helmet to wear?

http://www.roman-empire.net/index.html

This site has been helpful http://www.historyworld.net/default.asp

**ryokan** · Sep18-05, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by Evo

... but the entire Roman Empire reduced to 15 minutes of text?

Yes. I agree
I suggest the great Gibbon's "Decline and Fall...":
http://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline/home.html

**Evo** · Sep18-05, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by ryokan

Yes. I agree
I suggest the great Gibbon's "Decline and Fall...":
http://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline/home.html

Wonderful link! Thanks ryokan!

**Evo** · Sep18-05, 04:28 PM

I forgot to add this link, if you want to read the actual histories. (looks like the site is still having some problems)

http://classics.mit.edu/Browse/index.html

**marcus** · Sep23-05, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by arildno

Fordham is great.

I agree, arildno

also I tend to think that the most important information about the first dozen Emperors is contained in Suetonius, who is especially valuable because of his lack of bias and careful accuracy about details, do you not think so?

**arildno** · Sep24-05, 03:08 AM

Originally Posted by marcus

I agree, arildno

also I tend to think that the most important information about the first dozen Emperors is contained in Suetonius, who is especially valuable because of his lack of bias and careful accuracy about details, do you not think so?

Eeh, I would rather have said that Suetonius provides the most entertaining information about the first emperors.
Entertainment is, however, without doubt very important..

**Astronuc** · Oct5-05, 09:07 PM

(Wikipedia) October 6, 105 BC: The Cimbri and the Teutons inflicted a major defeat on the Roman Republic in the Battle of Arausio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arausio

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimbri -

The Cimbri were a Proto-Germanic tribe who according to Pliny the Elder lived on Jutland (Chersonesus Cimbrica), and the Jutish region of Himmerland (where the contemporary Gundestrup cauldron was found) is thought to preserve their name (cf. Grimm's law). The name has been analysed as the name kimme meaning "rim", i.e. the people of the coast[1], but there is also the hypothesis that the name is related to that of the Cimmerians.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teutons -

The Teutons or Teutones (from Proto-Germanic *Þeudanōs) were mentioned as a Germanic tribe in early historical writings by Greek and Roman authors such as Strabo and Velleius. According to Ptolemy's map, they lived on Jutland, whereas Pomponius Mela placed them in Scandinavia (Codanonia). German historians did not associate the name Teutons with their Proto-Germanic ancestors until the 13th century.

**Astronuc** · Dec18-06, 08:25 PM

Seems interesting.

http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/home.html

**ranger** · Dec18-06, 08:32 PM

So many great links. I love studying how ancient civilizations lived. I'm particularly taking a liking to the Greeks. But nevertheless, I enjoy reading all... Thanks for all these awesome links everyone!

I had no idea that this sub forum existed, until "Roman...Empire" caught my eyes..lol.

**Astronuc** · Jan7-07, 02:02 PM

One more reference - http://www.roman-empire.net/index.html

**Astronuc** · Jan8-07, 08:59 PM

The Roman Empire - http://history.boisestate.edu/westciv/empire/
from
History of Western Civilization
E.L. Skip Knox
Boise State University