The civil wars had a disastrous effect on the Roman Republic because all of them resulted in a Dictatorship when the republican form of government was suspended. Sulla resiged, but only after he purged the senate and reorganized the judicial system. Caesar grew too power hungry and the senate was willing to oblige him. Octavian won the last civil war of the republican era and did away with it altogether by consolidating power into one man.
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The cause of the Roman empire expansion was successful military campaigns. The effect was that as the Roman empire grew, so did the number of enemies.
The constant wars of the Roman Empire were extremely expensive for a failing Roman economy. They also cost them a lot of soldiers and ranks had to be filled with soldiers from the people who they had conquered.
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The Roman Soldiers were the most important because they were the key to the Roman's success. Without them the "Roman Revolution" would have never been possible! Roman soldiers built roads, bridges, ports, public building's and the Hadrian's Wall! The Roman Civilians would rely on the Roman Soldiers to act as their "local police force ".
The one most commonly referred to as the Roman Civil War, began in 43 or 44 BC, after the assassination of Caesar. It is also referred to as the Wars of the Second Triumvirate.