RomanHistory_Antiquity

Justinian I and Vandal king Hilderic made strong and friendly relations. It goes back to 523 AD. #justinian #vandals Sources: -Baker, G.P- Justinian: The Last Roman Emperor, (Cooper Square Press, 2002) -Barker, John W- Justinian and the Later Roman Empire, (University of Wisconsin Press, 1966) -Evans, James A- The Age of Justinian: Circumstances of Imperial Power, (Routledge, 1996) -Haarer, Fiona K- Justinian: Empire and Society in the Sixth Century, (Edinburgh University Press, 2022) -Heather, Peter- Rome Resurgent: War and Empire in the Age of Justinian, (Oxford University Press, 2018) -(Ed.)Maas, Michael- The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Justinian, (Cambridge University Press, 2005) -Moorhead, John- Justinian, (Routledge, 1994) -Sarris, Peter- Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint, (Basic Books, 2023) -Syvänne, Ilkka- The Military History of Late Rome AD 518-565, (Pen and Sword Military, 2021) -Whitby, Michael- The Wars of Justinian, (Pen & Sword Books, 2021)

For Elagabalus, his path to being the Roman emperor underwent an obstacle- Macrinus. Also, Elagabalus resumed the Severan dynasty. #shorts #elagabalus #severan Photo Credits: Bust of Elagabalus - Palazzo Nuovo - Musei Capitolini - Rome 2016- José Luiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Bust of Macrinus - Palazzo Nuovo - Musei Capitolini - Rome 2016- José Luiz, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ As Elagabalus 218-leg 3 Gallica- Panairjdde, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Under Septimius Severus, Palmyrene units served in Dura-Europos, North Africa, and Britannia. FYI: Antonines- Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus #shorts #palmyra #archers #syria

Ptolemy II contacted Rome during the period of the Roman Republic. #ptolemy #romanrepublic #ptolemaic #carthaginians Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:41 Initial Contacts 2:41 Motives 4:11 First Punic War 4:57 Final Thoughts Photos: First Punic War 264 BC v3- Harrias, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ via Wikimedia Commons Nemrut Head of Antiochus I in 2006 1587-Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Dinastie della grecia occidentale, hieron II, 32 litri di siracusa, 274-216 ac ca- Sailko, CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3 Sources: -Appian- The Foreign Wars, trans. by Horace White (Harvard University Press, 1913) -Cary, M- A History of the Greek World: From 323 to 146 B.C., (Methuen & Co, 1932) -Cassius Dio- Roman History, Volume VIII: Books 61-70, trans. by Earnest Cary & Herbert B. Foster (Harvard University Press, 1925) -Dionysius of Halicarnassus- Roman Antiquities, Volume VII: Books 11-20, trans. by Earnest Cary (Harvard University Press, 1950) -(Ed.)Erskine, Andrew- A Companion to the Hellenistic World, (Blackwell Publishing, 2003) -Eutropius- Abridgement of Roman History, trans. by John Selby Watson (George Bell & Sons, 1886) -Grainger, John D- The Ptolemies, Rise of a Dynasty: Ptolemaic Egypt 330-246 BC, (Pen & Sword History, 2022) -Grainger, John D- The Roman War of Antiochus the Great, (Brill, 2002) -Grainger, John D- The Syrian Wars, (Brill, 2010) -Gruen, Erich S- The Hellenistic World and the Coming of Rome, Vol. 1, (University of California Press, 1984) -Holbl, Günther- A History of the Ptolemaic Empire, Trans. by Tina Saavedra, (Routledge, 2001) -Justinus- Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus, trans by J.C. Yardley, (Oxford University Press, 1997) -(Eds.)Mckechnie, Paul & Guillaume, Philippe- Ptolemy II Philadelphus and His World, (Brill, 2008) -Ruiter, Branko F. van Oppen de- Berenice II Euergetis: Essays in Early Hellenistic Queenship, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) -Valerius Maximus- Memorable Doings and Sayings, Volume I: Books 1-5, trans by D. R. Shackleton Bailey (Harvard University Press, 2000)

Anthemius was the regent of Theodosius II from 408-414. One of his major accomplishments was on defense issues: the Theodosian Walls and defenses in Thrace against the Huns. #shorts #defense #huns #theodosius

Under Trajan, Hispania was at its zenith. His policies and actions had benefited the people. #shorts #trajan #hispania #spain #romanempire