HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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North Africa
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Russia
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Britain
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Gaul
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Detailed explanation-1: -Answer and Explanation: No. Russia was located far to the northeast of the Roman Empire, though parts of modern Russia are very close to the historical northeastern borders of the Roman Empire, and certain areas of the Soviet Union extended into former Roman territory.
Detailed explanation-2: -A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press, 1929. Regiones Quattuor: the four regions-Suburana, Esquilina, Collina, Palatina-into which the city, within the pomerium, was divided during the republic (Varro, LL V. 45).
Detailed explanation-3: -Many modern lands were once part of the Roman Empire, for example Britain (not Scotland), Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Germany, Egypt, Levant, Crimea, Switzerland, and the north coast of Africa.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Northern Europe and at the court of the Holy Roman Empire, however, the country was known under its own name, Russia or Rossia.
Detailed explanation-5: -The monastic state of the Teutonic Order (German: Deutschordensstaat) and its later German successor state of the Duchy of Prussia was never part of the Holy Roman Empire.