When did the Romans started to invade countries?

Answer 1

The first country or better said the first territory outside the Italian peninsula was Sicily. Prior to the control of Sicily by the Romans, there were Greek colonies in the east and south, and Carthage had an number of cites with important ports in the west. At the conclusion of the 1st Punic War, part of the peace treaty between Rome & Carthage was the succession of Sicily to Rome.

Answer 2

The first present day country that the Romans invaded would naturally have been Italy as they expanded their city-state into a empire. But remember that in the time that Rome was expanding there were no countries as we know them. There were just territories or areas. Rome first annexed the area of Latinum, which was their home turf.

Answer 3

You could loosely say that the Roman Empire started off in the present day country of Italy, although at that time Italy itself was not a country, but a collection of territories.

You could loosely say that the Roman empire started off in the present day country of Italy, although at that time Italy itself was not a country, but a collection of territories.

You could loosely say that the Roman empire started off in the present day country of Italy, although at that time Italy itself was not a country, but a collection of territories.

You could loosely say that the Roman empire started off in the present day country of Italy, although at that time Italy itself was not a country, but a collection of territories.

You could loosely say that the Roman empire started off in the present day country of Italy, although at that time Italy itself was not a country, but a collection of territories.

You could loosely say that the Roman empire started off in the present day country of Italy, although at that time Italy itself was not a country, but a collection of territories.

You could loosely say that the Roman empire started off in the present day country of Italy, although at that time Italy itself was not a country, but a collection of territories.

You could loosely say that the Roman empire started off in the present day country of Italy, although at that time Italy itself was not a country, but a collection of territories.

You could loosely say that the Roman empire started off in the present day country of Italy, although at that time Italy itself was not a country, but a collection of territories.

Answer 4

Countries in the modern sense of the word (nation-states) did not exist in antiquity. There were three main types of state formations. One was kingdoms and empires. Another was territories of ethnic groups named after the group. These could be of a size similar to a county (as with the ethnic groups of central Italy) or a regional size. They could be collections of city-states as with Etruria (land of the Etruscans) and Latium (land of the Latins, Rome was one initially of these city-states), federations of tribes (as with Samnium, land of the Samnites, which was a federation of four Samnite tribes) or ethnic areas where each tribe had its own state, as with the Gauls of northern Italy whose tribes (the Taurini, Insubres, Boii, Cenomanes and Senones) were independent from each other. Finally, there were city-states whose size varied from district-type (a town and its surrounding countryside and villages) to region-wide territories which included other subject towns, such as Athens, Syracuse, Tarentum, etc.

Countries in the modern sense of the word (nation-states) did not exist in antiquity. There were three main types of state formations. One was kingdoms and empires. Another was territories of ethnic groups named after the group. These could be of a size similar to a county (as with the ethnic groups of central Italy) or a regional size. They could be collections of city-states as with Etruria (land of the Etruscans) and Latium (land of the Latins, Rome was one initially of these city-states), federations of tribes (as with Samnium, land of the Samnites, which was a federation of four Samnite tribes) or ethnic areas where each tribe had its own state, as with the Gauls of northern Italy whose tribes (the Taurini, Insubres, Boii, Cenomanes and Senones) were independent from each other. Finally, there were city-states whose size varied from district-type (a town and its surrounding countryside and villages) to region-wide territories which included other subject towns, such as Athens, Syracuse, Tarentum, etc.

From the 8th century BC to the 5th century BC Rome's conquests were other Latin city- states. The first major conquest was the Etruscan city-state of Veii, next door to Rome (on the other side of the river Tiber, which stretched from the mountains northeast of Rome to the coast northwest of Rome) in 396 BC. Rome took over the Carthaginians territories in western Sicily and Sardinia and Corsica which also belonged to Carthage at the end of the Second Punic War (240 BC). Her first conquest outside Italy was southern Spain which she took over from Carthage during the Second Punic War (206 BC).

Answer 5

You could loosely say that the Roman empire started off in the present day country of Italy, although at that time Italy itself was not a country, but a collection of territories.