1936/01/01 by Olwen Brogan · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Historical Economic and Legal Thought #Barbarism #Human settlement #Empire #Continuance #Ancient history #History #Roman Empire #Geography #Archaeology #Political science #Civilization #Law
paper · doi:10.2307/296866
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The campaigns of Caesar and Augustus gave Italian merchants an opportunity of establishing relations with the free Germans. Intercourse was maintained after the withdrawal of the legions to the west of the Rhine, and literary references to the trade which grew up, though few in number, testify to its continuance throughout the time here to be considered. The conception of an illimitable forest primeval stretching unbroken from the borders of the empire into the furthest recesses of barbarism is very far from the truth. Great as were the forests, there existed open or lightly-wooded areas suitable for the settlements of primitive man, and communication between such inhabited regions can be traced from very early times.