Rome and Germania: The History of the Roman Empire’s Conflicts and Interactions with Germanic Tribes
ASIN: B0837ZPSJY
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Pages: 98
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of ancient accounts *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Despite all the accomplishments and widespread victories and conquests throughout the long history of Republican and Imperial Rome, general perception still deems the Romans to have failed in one crucial conquest: the subjugation of Germany. Indeed, historians have singled out this one failure as central to the ultimate downfall of the entire empire, as the constant wars against the Germanic tribes, and the need to defend the frontier on the Rhine at great expense against those tribes, helped bring the empire to its knees. There are elements of truth in such a conclusion, but the reality was far more fluid than is often realized. From the 1st century BCE until the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century CE, the relationships between the ...
