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Rome’s Conquest of Western Europe: The History of the Campaigns that Expanded the Roman Empire across the Continent

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5T 43M
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Engelsk
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Historie

The Roman army is one of the most famous fighting forces in history. Through its power and prowess, a once obscure Italian city forged an empire that encircled the Mediterranean and covered half of Europe. The physical remains of its presence can be traced from the mountainous borders of Scotland to the arid deserts of Egypt, but its legacy is far greater and more enduring, as Rome's influence continues to shape the political, legal, and cultural landscape of Europe to this very day.

Quite simply, in terms of scale, the Gallic Wars were unmatched by anything the Roman Republic had witnessed since the Punic Wars. By the end of the campaigns, ancient historians estimated that more than a million people had died, and still more displaced or enslaved. Even by the more conservative estimates of modern historians, a casualty count in the hundreds of thousands appears possible. Either way, the war was a cataclysm, involving tens of thousands of combatants, and it also marked the greatest displays of skill by one of the greatest generals history has ever known.

Despite all the accomplishments and widespread victories and conquests throughout Rome’s long history, the Romans seemingly 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. In fact, from the 1st century B.C. until the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century A.D., the relationships between the wider empire and those living in what is now modern Germany were extremely complicated, involving much more than simple warfare.

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Lydbog: 17. juni 2025

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