From: | Pete *Iago* Palmer <peter@***********.NET.NZ> |
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Subject: | Roman Empire [Was Re: Elves and Humans] |
Date: | Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:12:13 +1200 |
> The Roman empire lasted for roughly
>2,000 years in on form or another.
Umm where do you get this figure from?
Rome was founded approx 753 BC, but little expansion
was achieved until Marius and Sulla in the 2nd Century BC.
As for the Empire proper, the first Emperor of Rome
was Octavian/Augustus, Imperator in 19 BC, and the
Roman empire as most people know it, ended in c 378
AD with the defeat of Valens at Adrianople.
Even if one were to take the fall of Constantinople in 1453
as the final end of all remnants of the Roman empire, one
gets maybe 1500 years, but this is really stretching credibility
to the max, and even remotely considering the Holy Roman Empire
of Charlemagne through Frederick The Great is just laughable.
If you are going to make historical comparisons, try to get
some accuracy please..
Peter Palmer