Historical overview
Rome connected territories across Europe, North Africa and western Asia through armies, provincial administration, taxation, roads, cities and sea routes. Imperial society was diverse and hierarchical; enslaved labour was embedded in households and production.
Chronology
27 BCE: Augustus establishes the Principate; 2nd century CE: broad territorial extent
Key terms
empire; province; citizenship; slavery; Mediterranean
Define each term in your own words and connect it to a specific example.
Source analysis
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Practice
- Which institutions connected provinces to Rome, and how did expansion affect enslaved people?
- Identify one cause and one consequence of the development discussed.
- What is one limitation of a source used to study this period?
Source prompt: Identify one claim an extract or image supports and one question it cannot answer alone.