The Roman provinces (Latin: provincia, pl. provinciae) were the administrative regions of Ancient Rome outside Roman Italy that were controlled by the Romans under the Roman Republic and later the Roman Empire.Each province was ruled by a Roman appointed as governor.. For centuries it was the largest administrative unit of the foreign possessions of ancient Rome.

The 1st millennium BC, also known as the last millennium BC, was the period of time lasting from the years 1000 BC to 1 BC (10th to 1st centuries BC; in astronomy: JD 1 356 182.5 – 1 721 425.5).It encompasses the Iron Age in the Old World and sees the transition from the Ancient Near East to classical antiquity.. World population roughly doubled over the course of the …

Viminacium (Viminacium) or Viminatium, was a major city (provincial capital) and military camp of the Roman province of Moesia (today's Serbia), and the capital of Moesia Superior (hence once a metropolitan archbishopric, now a Latin titular see).As of 2018, only 3-4% of the site has been explored. The site is located 12 km (7.5 mi) from the modern town of Kostolac in Eastern Serbia.

Khosrow II (spelled Chosroes II in classical sources; Middle Persian: ????????????????????????????, romanized: Husrō), also known as Khosrow Parviz (New Persian: خسرو پرویز, "Khosrow the Victorious"), is considered to be the last great Sasanian king of Iran, ruling from 590 to 628, with an interruption of one year.. Khosrow II was the son of Hormizd IV (reigned 579–590), and the ...

The first millennium of the anno Domini or Common Era was a millennium spanning the years 1 to 1000 (1st to 10th centuries; in astronomy: JD 1 721 425.5 – 2 086 667.5).The world population rose more slowly than during the preceding millennium, from about 200 million in the year AD 1 to about 300 million in the year 1000.. In Western Eurasia (Europe and Near East), the first …

Sousse or Soussa (Arabic: سوسة, Sūsa; Berber: Susa) is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate.Located 140 km (87 mi) south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014).Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea.Its economy is based on transport equipment, processed food, olive oil, …

The 6th century BC started the first day of 600 BC and ended the last day of 501 BC.. In Western Asia, the first half of this century was dominated by the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which had risen to power late in the previous century after successfully rebelling against Assyrian rule. The Kingdom of Judah came to an end in 586 BC when Babylonian forces under Nebuchadnezzar …

Plovdiv is located on the banks of the Maritsa river, southeast of the Bulgarian capital Sofia.The city is in the southern part of the Plain of Plovdiv, an alluvial plain that forms the western portion of the Upper Thracian Plain.From there, the peaks of the Sredna Gora mountain range rise to the northwest, the Chirpan Heights to the east, and the Rhodope mountains to the south.

Anacreon (/ ə ˈ n æ k r i ən /; Greek: Ἀνακρέων ὁ Τήϊος; c. 582 – c. 485 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and erotic poems. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of Nine Lyric Poets.Anacreon wrote all of his poetry in the ancient Ionic dialect.Like all early lyric poetry, it was composed to be sung or recited to the accompaniment of ...

The Sui dynasty (, Chinese: 隋朝; pinyin: Suí cháo) was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that lasted from 581 to 618. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin dynasty, and laying the foundations for the much longer lasting Tang dynasty.. Founded by Emperor Wen of Sui, the Sui dynasty …