No, it was establishing control in Italy and was attempting to expand into Sicily, where it clashed with its ally Carthage which was seeking to extend its control of Sicily.
A turning point was he defeat of the Carthaginians in the Second Punic wars (218-201 BC). Carthage was Rome's main rival.
In the strictest sense of the word the Roman empire started when the city-state of Rome conquered Latinum, its surrounding territory. Although they made some progress at expansion in Italy, the major starting point of their expansion came at he end of the Punic wars with Carthage. From that point onward, it was all "go" for Rome.
The usual start point quoted is 550 BCE when Cyrus the Great began the expansion activities of Persia and Media.
sulieman the first i guess
The Ottoman Empire was first established by Turkish tribes circa 1299. From that point onward, the conquest of Constantinople made the Ottoman Empire one of the most influential and powerful empires in Middle Eastern history.
The point where all roads began in rome
The westernmost point of the Empire was located at Pyzdry in Congress Poland was the extreme point of elevation in the Empire, at 6,194 m above sea level.
First of all the point of the game is well there a bunch You build an empire You run or are in a successful Alliance You are high ranked and respected by alot of players
first to point out chuckee doesn't sing, he raps, and he starting raping when he was 8 years old :)
In conclusion, the Punic Wars were a series of conflicts between Rome and Carthage that resulted in the eventual destruction of Carthage and the rise of Rome as the dominant power in the Mediterranean. The wars had a significant impact on the course of history, shaping Rome's expansion and setting the stage for its eventual dominance in the ancient world. Overall, the Punic Wars were a turning point in world history and showcased the military prowess and strategic genius of Rome.
Administration played a major role. The Romans were good at organising themselves and as a result were very good at ruling large territories. This was of incredible importance in a world where communication generally was only as fast as a man or a horse. Without it Rome would never have expanded nearly as far or been able to move the vast resources it needed to move around its empire. At one point The city of Rome was being supplied with grain not from Italy or Gaul but from Egypt. To import a reliable food source from so far away when communication was so slow is a staggering achievement that would have been impossible without excellent administrative capability The Romans also assimilated the native population or Romanised them. Building things like bath houses, public toilets, aqueducts gave the native people of a conquered land lots of reasons to want the Romans. The Romans didn't only use there technology to get a native people on side being part of the empire gave a people a large amount of trade opportunity with its extensive road network and organisation bringing wealth into newly conquered lands. Also Roman auxiliary soldiers never served in the province where they were raised so the soldiers in a province would be unlikely to harbour sympathy for the locals. This worked so well that even though the British people had been such a nightmare to conquer when Rome abandoned Britain the people not only wished her to stay but called themselves Roman not British or Celtic etc. hence the Romano British. Rome's army played a major part in the expansion of the empire, but first. The Roman army wasn't always as portrayed by Hollywood. Countless professional seemingly invincible legions clad in segmented armour behind a solid wall of imperial red shields. In fact at the time when Hannibal Barca brought Rome to its knees it's army was none of these things. It was not professional far from invincible poorly equipped and trained, at least in comparison to Rome's later armies. For a Polybian era Roman army was made up of citizens who owned some land and bought their own equipment and after the campaign season went back to being civilians again. The man who turned this not all that impressive army into the one the even today is used as a model for modern army's was Gaius Marius. It was his reforms that would in time bring about the legions people today are familiar with. Even though the Roman legion became the greatest fighting force the world had ever known this was not what made the empire grow. What did was a promise that Marius made to his legionaries, that after their service to Rome they would each get a pension in the form of a plot of land from which they could draw a living. The problem was the senate refused to give up land for Marius men, so he conquered some and settle them on it. This pattern of a legion conquering land to provide space to settle veterans was what made the empire grow and this only stopped with the emperor Hadrian when the Legion began to garrison land and not conquer it. This marked the end of the great Imperial Roman legion as less citizens wanted to join if there was effectively no pension or loot. Europe would never see an army like it till the days of Napoleon.
Most historians agree that Rome became a world power after the second Punic war.