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The Romans sailed south to Zanzibar, north to the Hebrides, and east to China. The Most Distant Places Visited by the Romans | 14:52 toldinstone | 608K subscribers | 1,216,082 views | July 29, 2022 0:00 Introduction 0:48 The world known to the Romans 2:37 ClickUp 3:50 Arabia 4:38 East Africa and the Nile 5:39 West Africa and the Sahara 6:58 The Canaries and Madeira 7:42 Britain 8:23 Thule 8:59 Around the Baltic 9:39 Around the Black and Caspian Seas 10:15 Central and northern Asia 10:55 India 12:20 China

Roman soldiers famous received a plot of farmland, and citizenship (if they weren't already Roman citizens) when they were discharged from the Roman army. The terms of service could see troops under obligation to serve between sixteen and twenty five years, depending on the time period. But, being a soldier is a dangerous job, and Roman fought many conflicts. So, how many soldiers actually made it to retirement? How many got that piece of land?SOURCES:Marriage, Family, & Survival in the Roman Imperial Army: Demographic Aspects, ScheidelThe Complete Roman Army, GoldsworthyA Companion to the Roman Republic, Morstein-Marx & RosensteinHow many Roman...

The sixth century historian Procopius, in both his History of the Wars, and The Secret History, mentions a sea monster--a gigantic whale--named Porphyrios that dwelt in the Bosporus Strait and the Black Sea, and which terrorized the shipping lanes around Constantinople for about fifty years, and which causes significant headaches for the Emperor Justinian & the Roman navy. Our information is fairly limited, but what can we say about this real life Moby Dick?SOURCES:The Secret History, ProcopiusThe History of the Wars, ProcopiusA Cabinet of Byzantine Curiosities, KaldellisPinned by The Historian's CraftPorphyrios: The Sea Monster that Terrorized the Late Roman Empire3:51...

The writings of the historian Plutarch form a significant portion of our information concerning the rise of the Roman Republic, and its eventual end. In one of those texts, Plutarch's "Lives", he recounts something rather strange--the appearance in the sky of a bright flash of light and, apparently, a cylindrical object whose color is "like molten silver". What exactly was he describing? Was it a UFO, as some people (apparently including at least professional scholars) believe? Or something else?Did Ancient Romans See a UFO? I A strange account from Plutarch | 5:57The Historian's Craft | 74.2K subscribers | 31K views...

In history class we all learn about "ancient civilizations", like Greece, Persia, Babylon, and Rome. Recorded history, however, starts several thousand years prior to Greece or Rome, for example, being around. So, what did they know about the past? Did ancient civilizations have any ancient civilizations of their own? Did Ancient Civilizations Have Their Own Ancient Civilizations? | 24:35 The Historian's Craft | 103K subscribers | 277,364 views | October 12, 2024 Sources:A History of the Ancient Near East, Marc Van De MieroopA History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75, Paul-Alain BeaulieuReign of Nabonidus, King of Babylon, Paul-Alain BeaulieuBabylonian...