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.
Proscriptions (death of Cicero). 42 BC Battle of Phillipi. 31 BC Battle of Actium, Octavian defeats Marc Antony and Cleopatra27 BC Octavian, became, as Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome and the Roman Republic comes to an end.Timeline DatesTimeline of Important Events and Dates in the Roman Republic History of Rome-Roman Republic Timeline.e is murdered by members of the senate whose wealth and power is threatened 112-105 BC The Jugurthine War with Numidia.104 - 100 BC Second Sicilian slave war (2nd Servile War).107 BC Consul Gaius Marius makes dramatic reforms to the Roman army. History of Rome-Roman Republic Timeline.