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.
Here are the worst defeats in battle suffered by the ancient Romans, according to those of us on the Ancient / Classical History Forum, especially members cjriga and KL47. These defeats are listed chronologically from the more legendary past to the better documented defeats during the Roman Empire.otal Roman losses are probably well under 20,000, but the disaster means that the frontier coalesces on the Rhine rather than the Elbe as planned. -KL47 This defeat marked the end of any hope of expansion across the Rhine. More than that, it marked a change in Imperial policy..
The Byzantine Empire was another name for the surviving eastern half of the Roman Empire. As you read in a previous chapter, the weaker western half of the Roman Empire, including the city of Rome, fell to barbarian invaders. What was left of the Roman Empire was ruled by the emperor in Constantinople. The Byzantine Empire survived for another 1,000 years, finally falling to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The city of Constantinople, built on a peninsula surrounded by three bodies of water: the Bosphorus, Sea of Marmara, and the Golden Horn.