Roman civilization remained dependent on the sea as its principal axis of communication and trade and along which travelled influences and people. ... By the 13th century B.C. however, Mycenaean Greece was showing sign of serious trouble and by 11th, the Mycenaean culture was ending, and the Greek world was a new period in history. ... The ancient Romans who displaced the Greeks in power in the Mediterranean world later adopted these myths and ever since, they have had profound influence on the formation of western culture. ... The geography of Greece ― barren, hilly mainland and many isl...

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At it's height in 117 CE, under the reign of it's 13th emperor, Emperor Trajan, it had spread all across the Mediterranean Sea, and was one of the most powerful and influential empires of it's time. ... In another ancient Roman text, a man who is trying to sail back to his home in Gaul writes: "Since Tuscany and since the Aurelian highway, after suffering the outrages of Goths with fire or sword, can no longer control forest with homestead or river with bridge, it is better to entrust my sails to the wayward sea" (Rutilius). ... Strayer's book Ways of the World, h...

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At the time of his rein, the Roman Empire controlled two million miles of land around the Mediterranean Sea, which at this time was the home of some 55 million people (Kennedy), one fourth of the world's population at this time. ...

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The sea became vital to the existence of the empire in the east, which many historians refer to as the maritime empire. ... Other works include: Historia Syntomos, a shorter, didactic historical text in the form of a world chronicle; De Operatione Daemonum, a classification of demons; De Omnifaria Doctrina, important work on philosophy; Several hundred personal letters, several panegyrics, rhetorical essays and a funeral oration for his mother, including a large amount of autobiographical information. ... The conditions of the structure was deteriorated, therefore the World Monuments Fund p...

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He was also known as the last roman emperor who spoke Latin as a first language and also for his efforts to reform Roman Law that resulted in Corpus Juris Civilis, a legal science that is still the basis of civil law used to this day by governments and states around the world (Fergus, 26). ... Justinian is also remembered for establishing control over the western Mediterranean and the eastern part of the black sea which opened more trade routes and increased the Empires total annual revenue significantly (Wikipedia.org). ...

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Since then, the city of Pompeii was forgotten by the world for 1700 years, until it was rediscovered in 1748, when construction workers were working on the summer palace renovation for the king of Naples (Wallace). ... First, having almost no political and economic importance, due to its ideal weather, beautiful landscape, adjacency to sea, and rich agricultural production, Pompeii was mainly built as a holiday resort for wealthy Romans, especially high Roman officials, such as Cicero (Harris 9). ...

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