In Britannia and Caledonia there are a great number of rivers, lochs, cliffs, and mountains, especially in Caledonia. Despite these large chains and some smaller ones throughout the rest of the land, much of the land of Hispania, Lusitania, and Baetica was arable and became a source of food and wealth for the Western European Provinces and those of Northern Europe. On the Iberian Peninsula in the north is the Pyrenees Mountains and west of them is the Cantabri on the shores of the peninsula. In the large region of western Europe called Gallia (Gaul) is mostly Plains and Pasture. From the Mountains come the major Rivers of Europe, most notably the Ister (Danube) and the Rhinus (Rhine). Above Italia sits the great defensive chain of mountains known as the Alpes.
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In the Italian Peninsula, the origin of the Roman Empire, lies the Appenine Mountains which used to be a barrier to interaction from the Mare Adriaticus to Tyrhennius. In only the European provinces can be found several rivers, mountain chains, vast coast, diverse resources, plains, tundra, and an almost tropical climate in places. The Center of the Empire is the Mare Mediterrani (Mediterranean Sea) which functioned as the original domain of the early Empire and the Republic prior. All of these languages are heavily influenced by the native Latin of the Empire but over time the languages have blended.īeing so large, the climate and environment of the Roman Empire are different from province to province. In the porvinces of the far edge of the Mare Suebicum (Baltic Sea), the Roman people fall under the term of 'Romer' or 'Romski'. In the Parthian provinces the people of the Empire are 'Romali' and that is the same term in North Africa, Arabia, and Ethiopia.
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In the Balkan Peninsula the Greek language refers to the citizens of this Empire as 'Romanoi' a term which includes themselves, despite their national pride and history. The Germanic people of the north of Europe call themselves 'Romisch' as translated to their vernacular. The city of Rome, 'Roma' in the native language of Latin, was the origin of the Empire and was its largest city throughout its history. The name 'Roman' comes from the city which controls a large Empire in three continents.