ANCIENT ROME The expansion of the Roman Empire

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Rome is a place with beautiful architecture and statues. It is located on the east side of Italy. Next to the Tiber river. The picture to the left is a colosseum in present day Rome.

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After Rome was defeated it rebuilt its boundaryso it was very hard to invade. After that they conquered all of Italy.

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The first Punic war was against Carthage. The Romans won this difficult fight. They conquered Sicily as well as other islands.

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Rome had a second Punic war against Carthage. They won this war also. The leader of Carthage lead his army through Spain and then up through The Alps to Gaul (France). Rome then got Spain as territory.

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Rome fought Carthage for a lot of land in their battles. They had a third Punic war. This war resulted in the Roman Empire gaining more territory. They now had Macedonia and Greece.

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Caesar was in a fight with Pompey. Caesar went to conquer lands and defeat Pompey. Caesar conquered much of Gaul. Pompey conquered eastern lands such as Syria and the island of Cyprus.

Third Expansion (Part 2) Caesar was banned from

entering Italy with his army. He was banned from doing this by Pompey. Caesar disobeyed and went right on across the Rubicon River with his army. After three years of fighting, he defeated Pompey.

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The fourth expansion got the Roman Empire the lands of Britain, part of Asia Minor, Egypt, and Spain.

Summary

During the first expansion The Roman Empire gained all of Italy. Rome had to rebuild its city with borders all around it so it was hard to invade.

During the second expansion The Roman Empire gained The Alps, Macedonia, Spain, Sicily, and part of Carthage. They won all this land by fighting Cartage for it.

During the third expansion The Roman Empire gained Gaul (France), part of Asia Minor, and Part of Egypt. They gained this land because Caesar and Pompey had a fight to see who could get the most land.

During the fourth expansion The Roman Empire gained Britain, the rest of Spain, and Egypt. They gained this because Octavian had to defeat jealous rivals.

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