Tag: Rome
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The Roman Empire Part I
When the Roman armies returned from these many victorious campaigns, they were received with great jubilation. Alas and alack! this sudden glory did not make the country any happier. On the contrary. The endless campaigns had ruined the farmers who had been obliged to do the hard work of Empire making. It had placed too…
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The Rise of Rome
The Roman Empire was an accident. No one planned it. It “happened.” No famous general or statesman or cutthroat ever got up and said “Friends, Romans, Citizens, we must found an Empire. Follow me and together we shall conquer all the land from the Gates of Hercules to Mount Taurus.” Rome produced famous generals and…