The Effects Of Romes Expansion
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 states: Roman history begins in a small village in central Italy; this unassuming village would grow into a small metropolis, conquer and control all of Italy, southern Europe, the Middle East, and Egypt, and find itself, by the start of what no other people had managed before: the ruled the entire world under a single administration for a considerable amount of time. This imperial rule, which extended from Great Britain to Egypt, from Spain to Mesopotamia, was a period of remarkable peace. The Romans would look to their empire as the instrument that brought law and justice to the rest of the world; in some sense, the relative peace and stability they brought to the world did support this view. The
Third Punic War: The Third Punic War was a brief, tawdry affair, unworthy of the heroism if the heroism of the previous conflicts. Nardo 1994, author of "The Roman Republic" stated that:Julius Caesar's sudden death left a power vacuum in Rome. Cato took the lead in these arguments. The city itself, however, remained unconquered. So, Hannibal would invade Italy itself. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The dictator had left his private gardens as a public park and also granted a small sum of money to every Roman citizen. And, in any case, Carthage was harming Roman mercantile interests.
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