Roman365 Directory

From an obscure beginning Rome grew into a vast empire stretching from Britain to the Persian Gulf and ruling eighty million subjects. In all but name however Rome was an empire long before Augustus came to power. The increasingly aggressive and successful foreign policy that the Romans pursued was only temporarily held back by the Celtic sacking of their great city in the year 390 BC.

From the Earliest Times With the Conquest of Latium Until the Dreadful Slaughter at Chalons, the Powerful and Disciplined Legions Were the Enforcers of Roman Foreign Policy

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The Roman Navy played a vital, if not overly glamorous, role in keeping the Republic and later the Empire safe from various external forces. It saved the Romans during the Punic Wars, brought final victory to Octavian, who would go on to become the first Emperor of Rome, and allowed the Romans to call the Mediterranean Mare Nostrum - "Our Sea," by keeping it free of piracy.

I have long been working on a project to place the text, a translation, and a commentary on Vegetius' famous military work onto the Web, but until this mammoth task is completed (by the end of 1998, with any luck), those who need it can get access to the Latin text (Lang's 2nd edition of 1885). These are text (.txt) files, so you will need to use your browser's back button to return to this page. They range in size between 33K and 70K.