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Firstly its success in the Western Mediterranean against Carthage, then in progressively gaining dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean. Its great strengths were its military dominance and its ability of governance by promoting stable local self-governance under Roman provincial direction and military peacekeeping and defence against external intrusions.

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