The document summarizes the relationships between the Roman Empire and neighboring groups including the Celts, Thracians, and Germanic tribes. It provides details on the territories and kingdoms of the Celts and Thracians. It also describes how over time, Germanic tribes migrated south and east, settling along the Roman Empire's borders. Additionally, it discusses the Roman province of Thrace and the legionary headquarters at Novae located in modern-day Bulgaria.
2. Rome Empire 1 B.C. – 5- 6 A.D. – title slide
Context
The Roman Empire and the Celts
The Roman Empire and the Thracians
The Roman Empire and the German tribes
What do we have in common
Novae - legionary headquarters
3. The Celts were a
group of tribes
inhabiting Central
Europe in 800-450
B.C.
light green * - maximal Celtic expansion, by 275 BC
4. Thracians inhabited parts of the
ancient provinces: Thrace, Moesia,
Macedonia, Sarmatia, Bithynia,
Pannonia, and other regions on the
Balkans and Anatolia.
A map of ancient Thrace *
5. By the 5th century BC, the
most powerful Thracian
kingdom was the Odrysian
kingdom of Thrace.
The Thracian kingdom was at
one time overrun by the Celts,
but usually maintained its
own kings. Thrace was
annexed as a Roman province The Thracian Tomb of Kazanluk –
in 46 A.D. Bulgaria *
6. Over the next few centuries,
the province was periodically
and increasingly attacked by
migrating Germanic tribes.
The Roman province of Thrace *
7. In the 2nd century BC, Germanic
tribes move south and east from
Scandinavia.
8. By the 3rd century AD various German
tribes had settled along the natural
borders of the Roman empire -
Visigoths, Ostrogoths, Franks.
Ruins of a Gothic basilica from Late Antiquity
in Northeastern Bulgaria *
9. The Roman empire in the
time of Hadrian (ruled
117-38 A.D.), showing,
on the lower Danube
river, the imperial
provinces of Moesia
Superior (Serbia) and
Moesia Inferior (North
Bulgaria/coastal
Romania).
10. The Boii (a Celtic tribe)
possibly gave their name to
Bavaria, and Celtic artefacts
and cemeteries have been
discovered further east in
what is now Poland and
Slovakia.
11. The site of Novae is situated
on the southern bank of the
Danube, in Bulgaria, near
Svishtov. The camp appeared
in 45 AD and initially
provided accommodation to
the 8th legion of Augustus.