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Aqua Viva
Aquaviva or Aqua Viva was an ancient Roman settlement in Pannonia, the crossroads that had connected Poetovio (today's Ptuj) in the west with Mursa (Osijek) to the east and Siscia (Sisak) to the south. Its precise location is unknown; it is speculated that it's located in Petrijanec near Varaždin ) , image_photo = , image_skyline = , image_flag = Flag of Varaždin.svg , flag_size = , image_seal = , seal_size = , image_shield = Grb_Grad .... Earlier sources placed it somewhere between Maruševec and Sveti Juraj. References Sources * {{cite journal , url = http://hrcak.srce.hr/48733?lang=en , language = Croatian , title = Andautonia (Šćitarjevo) , first = Šime , last = Ljubić , author-link = Šime Ljubić , journal = Journal of the Zagreb Archaeological Museum , volume = 5 , number = 1 , date = November 1883 Populated places in Pannonia Roman sites in Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Roman
In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) until the fall of the western empire. Ancient Rome began as an Italic settlement, traditionally dated to 753 BC, beside the River Tiber in the Italian Peninsula. The settlement grew into the city and polity of Rome, and came to control its neighbours through a combination of treaties and military strength. It eventually dominated the Italian Peninsula, assimilated the Greek culture of southern Italy ( Magna Grecia) and the Etruscan culture and acquired an Empire that took in much of Europe and the lands and peoples surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. It was among the largest empires in the ancient world, with an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants, roughly 20% of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
