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..
Rome was sacked by Visigoths in 410, and though the capital of the West Roman Empire was not Rome at that time, but Ravenna, this was a shock to the idea of the power of the empire. Rome was sacked again in 455 by Vandals. In 474, Julius Nepos came to the throne of the West Roman Empire. Two years later, he was deposed in Italy by a general named Orestes. Orestes could not legally be emperor, because he was not born within the empire, so he put his six year old son on the throne.