The Effects of Rome’s Expansion Jonas Running Head: ROME’S EXPANSION Outline Abstract Expansion overseas gave Rome the opportunity to strengthen its empire by war; But, as a drawback it resulted in the breakdown of the Republic, as well as its Empire. Expansion Overseas made Rome a mighty empire for a short period of time, until both the Empire and the republic became unstable and eventually broke down. Hooker, author of “Roman History” in 1996 …showed first 75 words of 5199 total…

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