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What are the advantages and disadvantages for reconstructing the history of the Roman Empire?
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What are the advantages and disadvantages for reconstructing the history of the Roman Empire? When looking at any sort of archaeology you have to take into account the validity of the find, for instance your on a dig in Plymouth the Excavation involves the Victorian era however you discover a coin of Roman origins picturing Nero as emperor. Do you take this evidence as a example that the Romans occupied Plymouth or that sometime after the Victorians somebody simply dropped a roman coin which was then buried? The Roman Empire had a long history which would mean a lot of archaeological evidence would be left throughout the provinces of the Empire. For example Germany has many features that date from the Roman era such as the boundary walls and ditches that are located along the Rhine these were mainly used for transporting supplies and troops and to patrol the provinces...
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