HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Roman’s army has conquered nearly all Italy
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Roman’s shipped goods back and forth around the Mediterranean
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Roman’s were searching for new products and wealth
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Romans were coming into contact with other wealthy cultures.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Though the Roman Republic stood for several centuries, tensions within the government began to tear it apart. Civil wars started between groups with different loyalties, which brought about the transformation of the republic into an empire.
Detailed explanation-2: -To satisfy the needs of its wealthy citizens, Rome established and extended trade routes to the East. Every year, ships laden with Mediterranean commodities would sail to the ports of India and China, bringing back exotic luxuries, such as cinnamon, ivory, pepper, and silk.
Detailed explanation-3: -As the Roman republic expanded they conquered many places and controlled trade routes. This allowed the Roman generals & traders to become wealthy from looting & trade. Wealthy families bought latifundia (large farming estates) and used slaves from the places Rome conquered to work the estates.
Detailed explanation-4: -Rome was able to gain its empire in large part by extending some form of citizenship to many of the people it conquered. Military expansion drove economic development, bringing enslaved people and loot back to Rome, which in turn transformed the city of Rome and Roman culture.
Detailed explanation-5: -At its height of power, the Roman Empire included most of Europe, together with North Africa, Egypt, much of the present-day Middle East and Asia Minor. The growth of the empire happened gradually and came at a price. Romans had to fight countless wars to defend their growing territory and to conquer new lands.