Latium was a region in west central Italy, around the Alban hills, and also meeting the Tiber River in the south. In the Northwest, it’s boundary met Etruria, and Campania on the South East (Britannica, 1998). In the 5th Century, The Latin League was formed as a result of the greek/latin alliance that had expelled Etruscans from Latin lands. In this period, Rome became the leader of this league and had captured other latium cities. After this elongated period of war, an alliance of equality was agreed with Latium in BC358 (Britannica, 1998). Rome’s power grew and in BC340 to BC338 the war between Latium and Rome flared up, with Rome being the victor. Latium then had a place within Rome, had trade and political cordiality with Rome, and the Latiums were seen as part of Roman life. Rome had managed to amass a significant amount of territory in Latium however power over the cities was not exercised heavily, and the cities themselves were given a lot of autonomy over their own rule. As well as this, the citizens in Latium were shown kindness by Rome, by granting citizenship. There were towns in Latium that were absolutely for the state, and the people became full citizens of rome. Rome partly incorporated other outlying towns and they received the right to trade or intermarry with Roman citizens but not vote or hold office. Other military-led colonies or dependent allies were formed for the remaining towns and they pledged support when the Roman army called for aid. This method of rule enabled Rome to build armies of citizens and freemen and allowed Rome to exercise dominance over …show more content…
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Livy’s The Rise of Rome serves as the ultimate catalogue of Roman history, elaborating on the accomplishments of each king and set of consuls through the ages of its vast empire. In the first five books, Livy lays the groundwork for the history of Rome and sets forth a model for all of Rome to follow. For him, the “special and salutary benefit of the study of history is to behold evidence of every sort of behaviour set forth as on a splendid memorial; from it you may select for yourself and for your country what to emulate, from it what to avoid, whether basely begun or basely concluded.” (Livy 4). Livy, however, denies the general populace the right to make the same sort of conclusions that he made in constructing his histories. His biased representation of Romulus and Tarquin Superbus, two icons of Roman history, give the readers a definite model of what a Roman should be, instead of allowing them to come to their own conclusion.
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During the transition of the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire there were many events that occurred, which halted the empire’s development. Due to these multiple events, people often refer to the saying, “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” when talking about Rome’s expansion. However, out of all the events that occurred many of them were negative, as well as positive, causing Rome to be affected in various ways. One negative occurrence during the empire’s progression was the division of social class within Rome. In fact, there were only two major classes within the Roman community, known as the patricians and the plebeians.
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“This account I have given the reader, not so much with the intention of commending the Romans, as of comforting those that have been conquered by them, and for the deterring others from attempting innovations under their government. This discourse of the Roman military conduct may also perhaps be of use to such of the curious as are ignorant of it, and yet have a mind to know it.” –excerpt from “Description of the Roman Army,” by Josephus
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Years ago, the Romans created one of the biggest and best organized empires the world has ever seen. Throughout their lands, they built towns and roads, and spread their way of life. One of the reasons why their empire was so successful was that, unlike other ancient states, the empire welcomed outsiders. Foreigners could become Roman citizens. At first this was a given as a reward for the loyalty or f...
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