Home âº Research Methods âº Correlation. Correlation means association-more precisely it is a measure of the extent to which two variables are related. If an increase in one variable tends to be associated with an increase in the other then this is known as a positive correlation.
A.D. 468. Photo credit: Fourat/Panoramio. Just like the army, the Roman navy has had its fair share of military disasters. In this one, a joint naval expedition (reputedly one the biggest in ancient times) by the Empire and the independent province of Illiricum against the Vandal Kingdom ended in a huge lopsided defeat.his battle marked the first time that a Roman emperor died at the hands of a foreign enemy. Set in the modern-day city of Razgrad, Bulgaria, the battle pitted the Romansâled by the co-emperors Decius and his son Herenniusâagainst the Goths.
Publisher. A+E Networks. Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed by Odoacer, a German barbarian who proclaims himself king of Italy. Odoacer was a mercenary leader in the Roman imperial army when he launched his mutiny against the young emperor. At Piacenza, he defeated Roman General Orestes, the emperorâs powerful father, and then took Ravenna, the capital of the Western empire since 402. Although Roman rule continued in the East, the crowning of Odoacer marked the end of the original Roman Empire, which centered in Italy.