Since he lived about 2000 years ago, we don't know if he wanted to expand. But we do know that he didn't expand the empire at all.
During the medieval period, the empire called the Roman Empire was centered in Greece and covered only the eastern Mediterranean. It is the empire that we now call the Byzantine empire, to distinguish it from the ancient Roman Empire that was centered on Rome and Italy and came to encompass the entire Mediterranean, as well as lands well beyond.
The Egyptian empire came 1,000 plus years before the Roman empire.The Egyptian empire came 1,000 plus years before the Roman empire.The Egyptian empire came 1,000 plus years before the Roman empire.The Egyptian empire came 1,000 plus years before the Roman empire.The Egyptian empire came 1,000 plus years before the Roman empire.The Egyptian empire came 1,000 plus years before the Roman empire.The Egyptian empire came 1,000 plus years before the Roman empire.The Egyptian empire came 1,000 plus years before the Roman empire.The Egyptian empire came 1,000 plus years before the Roman empire.
The Roman republic expanded into the empire by conquest, treaty and sometimes by inheritance.The Roman republic expanded into the empire by conquest, treaty and sometimes by inheritance.The Roman republic expanded into the empire by conquest, treaty and sometimes by inheritance.The Roman republic expanded into the empire by conquest, treaty and sometimes by inheritance.The Roman republic expanded into the empire by conquest, treaty and sometimes by inheritance.The Roman republic expanded into the empire by conquest, treaty and sometimes by inheritance.The Roman republic expanded into the empire by conquest, treaty and sometimes by inheritance.The Roman republic expanded into the empire by conquest, treaty and sometimes by inheritance.The Roman republic expanded into the empire by conquest, treaty and sometimes by inheritance.
The Spanish Empire lasted for about 300 years.
Turkish Empire
Since he lived about 2000 years ago, we don't know if he wanted to expand. But we do know that he didn't expand the empire at all.
Genghis Khan died in 1227- not from violence, but from illness. His successors continued to expand his empire. In less than 50 years, the Mongols conquered territory from China to Poland. In so doing, they created the largest unified land empire in history.
Ancient Greece expanded to an Empire under the leadership of Alexander the Great between the years 332 and 323 BCE. Part of this Empire was absorbed by the Roman Empire at 56 BCE [last area conquered Egypt]
Cyprus is an island nation located in the Mediterranean Sea. The Republic of Malta is a country that consists of an archipelago (group of islands), and it is also located in the Mediterranean Sea.Crete used to be an independent island country for roughly 30 years between independence from the Ottoman Empire and union with the Greek mainland.
What comes closest to what you describe is the Ottoman Empire. However, the Ottomans did not conquer Rome and did not take over the whole of the Mediterranean. They defeated the Byzantine Empire by taking its capital, Constantinople. Byzantine Empire is the name historians use for the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The west had already fallen more than 1000 years earlier. Also note that the city of Rome itself had never been conquered by anyone. The Ottomans conquered the Middle East and North Africa. On the European shores of the Mediterranean they only took over Greece and Albania. Apart form this, Mediterranean Europe was not reached by the Ottomans.
During the medieval period, the empire called the Roman Empire was centered in Greece and covered only the eastern Mediterranean. It is the empire that we now call the Byzantine empire, to distinguish it from the ancient Roman Empire that was centered on Rome and Italy and came to encompass the entire Mediterranean, as well as lands well beyond.
The Byzantine Empire ensured the survival of Christianity in Europe for thousands of years. It served as a stronghold of Christian culture, preserving and spreading the religion through its territory in the Eastern Mediterranean and beyond. The Byzantine Empire's influence and protection were crucial in the face of various challenges, including invasions and the rise of Islam.
The Persian Empire and varying coalitions of a couple of hundred Greek city-states in the Eastern Mediterranean over 50 years 499-449 BCE .
After trying for fifty years to enforce peace in the Western Mediterranean Greeks, it gave up and left them to their usual fighting amongst themselves. The Persian Empire remained intact and relatively prosperous and peaceful until Alexander the Great conquered it over a hundred years later.
Genghis Khan died in 1227- not from violence, but from illness. His successors continued to expand his empire. In less than 50 years, the Mongols conquered territory from China to Poland. In so doing, they created the largest unified land empire in history.
The inability of the Persians, over the fifty years of war, to impose peace in the Eastern Mediterranean left the way open for the rise of Macedonia and its eventual conquest of the Persian Empire.