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The Roman Empire was at its smallest extent when it started. Rome's first expansion was into the mountains of central and southern Italy in the current Italian regions of Marche, Umbria, Abruzzo, Campania, Molise and Lucania. This happened in the interwar period between the Second Samnite War (326-304 BC) and the Third Samnite War (298-290 BC) and at the end of the latter war. She then expanded into Apulia and Calabria (the heel and the toe of Italy) in the 270s and 260s.
Rome seized the Carthaginian possessions in western Sicily, and Sardinia and Corsica at the end of the First Punic War (241 BC) and in southern Spain in 206 BC, during the Second Punic War. After that she expanded into the eastern Mediterranean.
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The Roman Empire's extent was the smallest in the year 27 BC, just before the beginning of the imperial period with Augustus as the emperor. At this time, the Roman Empire only encompassed the Italian peninsula, and its territorial holdings were limited compared to its later expansions.
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How did a roman soldier get paid each year?
A roman soldier was loyal to his general not loyal to the Empires main leader. However this was in the days of the republic. Augustus changed this and in his military reforms, had the soldiers swear their loyalty to himself. All other emperors did the same. A Roman soldier got paid three times a year. He only made one basic salary, but it was divided into stipends or payments and he received them every four months. The money came from the imperial treasury.
Why is A.D. 476 considered an important date in Roman territory?
It is the conventional date historians have set for the end of the western part of the Roman Empire, which fell under the weight of the Germanic invasions. It was the year when the last emperor of the western part of the Roman Empire, Romulus Augustus was deposed. The eastern part of the Roman Empire was not affected by the invasions and continued to exist for another 1,000 years.
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How are the Roman and Byzantine Empires alike?
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How did a roman soldier get paid each year?
A roman soldier was loyal to his general not loyal to the Empires main leader. However this was in the days of the republic. Augustus changed this and in his military reforms, had the soldiers swear their loyalty to himself. All other emperors did the same. A Roman soldier got paid three times a year. He only made one basic salary, but it was divided into stipends or payments and he received them every four months. The money came from the imperial treasury.
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Why is A.D. 476 considered an important date in Roman territory?
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