WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -How did Rome motivate conquered peoples to pay taxes, supply soldiers, and stay loyal to the government? It allowed them to keep their own customs and self-government.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Roman Empire dramatically shifted power away from representative democracy to centralized imperial authority, with the emperor holding the most power. For example, under Augustus’s reign, emperors gained the ability to introduce and veto laws, as well as command the army.

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 term plebeian referred to all free Roman citizens who were not members of the patrician, senatorial or equestrian classes. Plebeians were average working citizens of Rome – farmers, bakers, builders or craftsmen – who worked hard to support their families and pay their taxes.