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Roman Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (10630 words) |
 | Based in Roman legal and cultural traditions, it was also heavily influenced by ancient Greek culture and language, and developed a distinct character that managed to survive and even thrive for another millennium, eventually being conquered on 29 May 1453 by the Ottoman Empire. |
| The Western Roman Empire was divided among the eldest son Constantine II and the youngest son Constans. |
| The Holy Roman Empire, an attempt to resurrect the Empire in the West, was established in 800 when Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as Roman Emperor on Christmas Day, though the empire and the imperial office did not become formalized for some decades. |
| Province - LoveToKnow 1911 (2035 words) |
| When the province of a quaestor is mentioned it refers to the province of the consul or praetor to whom the quaestor is subordinate. |
| But the Roman governors were too apt to look on their provinces as their own peculiar prey; they had usually bought their way to office at vast expense, and they now sought in the provinces the means of reimbursing themselves for the expenditure they had incurred at Rome. |
| Another class of imperial provinces consisted of those which from the physical nature of the country (as the Alpine districts) or the backward state of civilization (as Mauretania and Thrace) or the stubborn character of the people (as Judaea and Egypt) were not adapted to receive a regular provincial constitution. |
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