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 and there natives. Many of these places give us a

clue of their use and date of construction and also who had them built for

example the two lower provinces in Germany were called COLONIA

CLAUDIA ARA AGRIPPINENSIUM which judging from the name was

founded by or at least governed by Agrippa the general of the roman

military who was involved in the second triumbrate in Rome along with

Augustus so this name is a good example of this characters historical

significance .

The sheer existence of the provinces shows the growth of the Roman

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Empire itself an important factor in the history of Rome is how it gained

the great empire. This can only be researched by examining the remains

of the provinces and even if the opportunity arises the remains of the

inhabitants themselves as this can often reveal the wealth, social structure

and general health of the people that were living at that time.                

The disadvantage of this comes when the graves of only one large family

can be found, these family ...

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