{"id":41920,"date":"2018-08-28T22:33:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T20:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/roman-geography\/"},"modified":"2024-09-21T07:26:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T05:26:25","slug":"roman-geography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imperiumromanum.pl\/en\/roman-geography\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman geography"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Aosta Valley<\/a><\/li>
  2. Discovery of sources of Nile by Romans<\/a><\/li>
  3. Limes<\/a><\/li>
  4. Map of Roman monuments<\/a><\/li>
  5. Neighboring lands around ancient Rome<\/a><\/li>
  6. Roman cities<\/a><\/li>
  7. Roman Crimean peninsula<\/a><\/li>
  8. Roman provinces<\/a><\/li>
  9. Romans in China<\/a><\/li>
  10. Romans in Slovakia<\/a><\/li>
  11. Rome’s contacts with Africa and Far East<\/a><\/li>
  12. Rubicon<\/a><\/li>
  13. Tiber Island<\/a><\/li>
  14. Transport and travel in ancient Rome<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/details><\/div>Roman territory originally limited to Rome itself. Rivalry with the neighbouring countries allowed to broaden the sphere of influence. Along with the fall of monarchy<\/a>, foreign policy changed. Military reforms were made which let the expansionism begin.<\/p>\n

    Already in 264 BCE Rome dominated the whole Apennine Peninsula<\/a>. Over time it became harder to create new provinces. Their number and size changed over the centuries, depending on the external circumstances and domestic policy. Expansion beyond Italy\u2019s territory brought many benefits.<\/p>\n

    The first Roman province was Sicily<\/b><\/a>, conquered in 245 BCE during the First Punic War<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Provinces were administrated by the governors. During the Republic<\/a> they were appointed each year. In the beginning of the year, they were either chosen by drawing or directly assumed designated provinces. They were usually politicians from the Senate\u2019s circle, former praetors or consuls.<\/p>\n

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    Rome\u2019s territorial development<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

    After Augustus<\/a> became caesar, Roman provinces<\/a> were divided into two categories:<\/p>\n