Geographically, southern Europe is the southern half of the landmass of Europe. This definition is relative, with no clear limits.Countries geographically considered part of southern Europe include:So ...
In the 20th and 21st centuries, questions arose regarding the effectiveness of the invasion strategy in neutralizing non-state combatants, a type of warfare sometimes referred to as "fourth generation ...
There are many different methods by which an invasion can take place, each method having arguments both in their favor and against. These include invasion by land, sea, or air, or any combination of t ...
Roman courts held original jurisdiction over cases involving Roman citizens throughout the empire, but there were too few judicial functionaries to impose Roman law uniformly in the provinces. Most pa ...
In the Medieval Greek language, the term Autocrates (Α?τοκρ?τη?) was used for anyone holding the title emperor, regardless of the actual power of the monarch. Some historical Slavic monarchs ...
For context, note that the total land area of the Earth is 148,940,000 km2 (57,500,000 sq mi).All empires at their greatest extent This list contains at least one incomplete section; you can help by e ...
The calculation of the land area of a particular empire is controversial. In general, the list aims to include all land that was explored and explicitly claimed, even if the areas were populated very ...
Rome is at the centre of the radial network of roads that roughly follow the lines of the ancient Roman roads which began at the Capitoline Hill and connected Rome with its empire. Today Rome is circl ...
Much like the rest of Italy, Rome is predominantly Roman Catholic, and the city has been an important centre of religion and pilgrimage for centuries, the base of the ancient Roman Religion with the p ...
The rule of the Popes was interrupted by the short-lived Roman Republic (1798–1800), which was built under the influence of the French Revolution. The Papal States were restored in June 1800, but dur ...
About the origin of the name Roma several hypotheses have been advanced. The most important are the following:From Rumon or Rumen, archaic name of the Tiber, which in turn has the same root as the Gre ...
Ottoman power continued to grow, and in 1453, the Byzantine Empire was extinguished with the Conquest of Constantinople. Ottomans gained control of much of the sea in the 16th century and maintained n ...
The constitutional history of the Roman Republic can be divided into five phases. The first phase began with the revolution which overthrew the monarchy in 509 BC. The final phase ended with the trans ...
Main article: Campaign history of the Roman militaryThe exact causes and motivations for Rome's military conflicts and expansions during the republic is subject to wide debate. While they can be seen ...
A classical republic, according to certain modern political theorists, is a state of Classical Antiquity that is considered to have a republican form of government, a state where sovereignty rested wi ...
