HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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Powerful generals led big armies.
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Rome adopted other cultures.
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New technology was invented.
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Romans moved to distant lands.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -1b. How did Rome handle the difficulties of governing its large empire? The Romans divided the empire into provinces. Each one had a governor and the support of the army.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Romans gradually conquered the Italian peninsula (see Etruscan), extended their dominion over the entire Mediterranean basin (see Punic Wars), and expanded their empire into continental Europe. Under Pompey the Great and Julius Caesar, Rome’s influence was extended over Syria, Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Gaul.
Detailed explanation-4: -How did Rome’s expansion affect the plebeians? More plebeians had to serve in the army. What made the dictator Cincinnatus a hero Roman Republic? He chose to give up his power.