Ancient Asia Minor
Asia Minor is that name the Romans gave to the area now called Anatolia or the Asian part of Turkey. When the Romans finally defeated Mithridates, they were able to add the Bithynia and Pontus areas of Asia Minor to the Roman provinces in 63 B.C.. During the Roman Empire, the provinces of Lycia and Galatia, both also in Asia Minor, were added.
Geographical Table or
index of the names of places and rivers mentioned in the public domain translation of the
works of Cornelius Tacitus.
Forma Urbis Romae is a detailed carved marble map of Rome that measured 18.22 m in width and 12.87 m in height. The map was carved between A.D. 203 and 211.
Diocletian and the Tetrarchy
Diocletian wasn't the first emperor to divide the Roman Empire into an eastern and western half. For instance, his predecessor, Carus and sons, Carinus and Numerian(us), had split the Empire, too. However, Diocletian is responsible for the four-part imperial division known as the tetrarchy:
Historic maps of the ancient Mediterranean Sea and surrounding areas of Asia Minor, Northern Africa (Egypt), and Europe (primarily, Greece and Rome).
Thanks to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, archaeologists have been able to learn much about daily life in first century Rome. Located near the Bay of Naples in Campania, Pliny the Elder described the volcano before he himself was killed by it.
Roman provinces (Lat. proviniciae) were administrative and territorial units of the Roman Empire. Governors of provinces were often former consuls. Former praetors could also serve as governor. In some places (like Judaea) prefects were appointed governor. The provinces provided a source of income for the governor and resources for Rome.
The seven hills of Rome were the
Palatine - Mons Palatinus,
Capitoline - Mons Capitolinus,
Quirinal - Mons Quirinalis,
Viminal - Mons Viminalis,
Esquiline - Mons Esquilinus,
Caelian - Mons Caelius, and the
Aventine - Mons Aventinus. Find out more about what was on these hills.
The Tiber River allowed trade with Rome without forcing the Romans to live on the coast where they would have faced a greater risk of pirates. The Tiber also provided a natural border defense against neighbors to the north.