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Rome was initially a city-state with about 50 square miles of territory to sustain itself. With small farms, the citizens could not split them up between their sons and so sought extra land for them. The surrounding city-states were bent on the same need, so they clashed, with Romme losing some, but on average winning most fights. As winners they took land and expanded.
This expansion created more strife, and expansion, leading to dominance of Italy. As a rising power, cities in southern Gaul (France), Spain and Sicily sought Rome's assistance, and as a land power it allied itself with Carthage, a sea power. This arrangement came to an end when Rome supported Greek cities in Sicily against Carthaginian encroachment. A win in the First Punic (Carthaginian) War put the Romans on the path to empire, which was consilidated with the extirmination of Carthage in the Third Punic War in 146 BCE. At this stage Rome dominated the Western Mediterranean.
After their victory in the Second Punic War in 202 BCE Rome set out to punish Macedonia for aiding Carthage during that war. This dragged them into conflicts in the rest of Greece, which extended the empire there, leading further and further as other cities solicited their help in local disputes in the 2nd and 1st Centuries BCE, which swallowed up the eastern Mediterranean and Middle East.
Once they started getting dragged into troubles in the west, then in the east with the Hellenistic Kingdoms it gained a momentum which they had little control of, even if they wished, and ambitious generals were always anxious to go further. It was brought to a halt when Augustus, after the Civil Wars, put a stop to expansion and consolidated the empire within a defensive border of the Rhine-Danube and the Euphrates Rivers. This worked for a couple of centuries.
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The government of Rome developed into an empire by gaining territory mainly from wars, but at times from treaty and inheritance.
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∙ 12y agoThe Roman government or more properly the Roman civilization, developed into an empire mostly by military conquests, but it also inherited territories and gained other territories by treaty.
The Roman government or more properly the Roman civilization, developed into an empire mostly by military conquests, but it also inherited territories and gained other territories by treaty.
The Roman government or more properly the Roman civilization, developed into an empire mostly by military conquests, but it also inherited territories and gained other territories by treaty.
The Roman government or more properly the Roman civilization, developed into an empire mostly by military conquests, but it also inherited territories and gained other territories by treaty.
The Roman government or more properly the Roman civilization, developed into an empire mostly by military conquests, but it also inherited territories and gained other territories by treaty.
The Roman government or more properly the Roman civilization, developed into an empire mostly by military conquests, but it also inherited territories and gained other territories by treaty.
The Roman government or more properly the Roman civilization, developed into an empire mostly by military conquests, but it also inherited territories and gained other territories by treaty.
The Roman government or more properly the Roman civilization, developed into an empire mostly by military conquests, but it also inherited territories and gained other territories by treaty.
The Roman government or more properly the Roman civilization, developed into an empire mostly by military conquests, but it also inherited territories and gained other territories by treaty.
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∙ 11y agoIt didn't. Rome was already an empire during the republic.
It didn't. Rome was already an empire during the republic.
It didn't. Rome was already an empire during the republic.
It didn't. Rome was already an empire during the republic.
It didn't. Rome was already an empire during the republic.
It didn't. Rome was already an empire during the republic.
It didn't. Rome was already an empire during the republic.
It didn't. Rome was already an empire during the republic.
It didn't. Rome was already an empire during the republic.
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∙ 12y agoThe Roman government or more properly the Roman civilization, developed into an empire mostly by military conquests, but it also inherited territories and gained other territories by treaty.
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∙ 11y agoIt didn't. Rome was already an empire during the republic.
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Who is military and political leader who transformed the roman republic into a empire?
Julius Caesar is the military leader and the dictator who transformed the roman republic into an roman empire. He assumed total power after transforming the republic into the empire.
How did the Roman republic become the Roman empire and the holy Roman empire?
The Holy Roman Empire had nothing to do with the Romans. It was a medieval institution centred around Germany. The Roman republic became an empire by expansion both before and after the Punic wars.
Was Julius Caesar dictator en perpetua of the Roman Republic the Roman Empire or the Western Roman Empire?
During Caesar's lifetime Rome was still a republic.
What are the dates for the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire?
Roman Republic 4xx to 28 BCE. Roman Empire 28 BCE to 476 CE, however the Byzantine Empire in the east continued until 1453 CE.
What is the difference between Roman public and Roman empire?
There really is no major difference. The Roman Empire was the empire itself, lasting from 27 BCE-476 AD (1453 for the Eastern half, which came to be the Byzantine Empire). In the beginning the Roman empire was an autocracy, headed by emperors. It then later turned into a republic, which is when people use the term Roman Republic or Republic of Rome. This is actually where the modern day type of republic comes from, Rome.
Who was first the roman republic the roman empire or the athenian democracy and in what order?
Athenian democracy, Roman Republic, Roman Empire
How were the political systems of the Roman empire and the Roman republic different?
the Empire was virtually a Dictatorship and the republic was a democracy
Who is military and political leader who transformed the roman republic into a empire?
Julius Caesar is the military leader and the dictator who transformed the roman republic into an roman empire. He assumed total power after transforming the republic into the empire.
What ended first the Roman empire or the Roman republic?
The Roman Republic was ended by the takeover of the senate by Ceaser. He essentially became the supreme ruler, or emporer. So essentially, the Roman Republic was replaced by the Roman Empire.
How did the Roman republic become the Roman empire and the holy Roman empire?
The Holy Roman Empire had nothing to do with the Romans. It was a medieval institution centred around Germany. The Roman republic became an empire by expansion both before and after the Punic wars.
Was the Roman Republic part of the Roman Empire?
Yes!
Was Julius Caesar dictator en perpetua of the Roman Republic the Roman Empire or the Western Roman Empire?
During Caesar's lifetime Rome was still a republic.
What are the dates for the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire?
Roman Republic 4xx to 28 BCE. Roman Empire 28 BCE to 476 CE, however the Byzantine Empire in the east continued until 1453 CE.
What is one fact about the Roman empire?
The Roman Republic preceded it.
Which Roman era lasted the longest the Roman monarchy the Roman Republic the Western Roman Empire or the Byzantine Empire?
The Byzantine Empire lasted for a millennium.
What is the difference between Roman public and Roman empire?
There really is no major difference. The Roman Empire was the empire itself, lasting from 27 BCE-476 AD (1453 for the Eastern half, which came to be the Byzantine Empire). In the beginning the Roman empire was an autocracy, headed by emperors. It then later turned into a republic, which is when people use the term Roman Republic or Republic of Rome. This is actually where the modern day type of republic comes from, Rome.
How was the government of the Roman Republic different from the government on the Roman Empire?
The republic was run by a coalition of citizen assemblies and senate, the empire by a coalition of emperor and senate.
