WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The First Period of Expansion The first period of expansion, or becoming larger, began in 509 B.C.E. At this time, the Romans drove the last Etruscan king out of power, and Rome became a republic. The Romans wanted to protect their borders and to gain more land.

Detailed explanation-2: -Imperial Rome (31 BC – AD 476) During this period, Rome saw several decades of peace, prosperity, and expansion. By AD 117, the Roman Empire had reached its maximum extant, spanning three continents including Asia Minor, northern Africa, and most of Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -Between 146 and 31 BC, the Roman world rapidly and continually expanded through Italy, across the Mediterranean, into Africa, eastward into Armenia, Syria and Judaea, and westward into Spain, Gaul, and Britain. Rome’s internal battles between political and military leaders led to both civil war and outward expansion.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Roman Republic was a democracy. Its government consisted of the Senate and four assemblies: the Comitia Curiata, the Comitia Centuriata, the Concilium Plebis, and the Comitia Tributa.

Detailed explanation-5: -First Period of Expansion (509 B.C.E-264 B.C.E) They conquered their Latin neighbors in central Italy. The Romans wisely signed a treaty, or agreement, with their Latin neighbors promising peace in the years to come. After 100 years of battles, the Romans conquered the Etruscans to the north.