Monster Essays - Rome
Rome
Rome is an ancient city located on the western coast of Italy by the
The city of Rome was founded, according to the legend, by Romulus in 753
BC. Remus and Romulus were two mythological sons of Mars, the god of war.
"T hrough military expansion and colonizations, and by granting citizenship
to conquered tribes, the city joined all of Italy south of the Po in the
100-year period before 268 BC." First, the Latin and other tribes were
joined, then the Etruscans (a civili zed people north of Rome) and the
Greek colonies in the south. "With a large army and several hundred
thousand in reserve, Rome defeated Carthage in the ....
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