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2007-04-17 11:45:46 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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You mean the City of Rome or the Roman Republic?

"The Romans gradually subdued the other peoples on the Italian peninsula, including the Etruscans. The last threat to Roman hegemony in Italy came when Tarentum, a major Greek colony, enlisted the aid of Pyrrhus of Epirus in 281 BC, but this effort failed as well. The Romans secured their conquests by founding Roman colonies in strategic areas, establishing stable control over the region. In the second half of the 3rd century BC, Rome clashed with Carthage in the first of three Punic Wars. These wars resulted in Rome's first overseas conquests, of Sicily and Hispania, and the rise of Rome as a significant imperial power. After defeating the Macedonian and Seleucid Empires in the 2nd century BC, the Romans became the dominant people of the Mediterranean Sea."

"Republic" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Rome#History

"In 133 BC, a dying King Attalus III of Pergamon willed his entire kingdom to the Roman Republic to avoid dynastic disputes amongst his heirs, and to avoid the possibility that Rome would take the opportunity to seize Pergamon by force. Events were complicated by the rebellion of Aristonicus, a relative of Attalus III who was proclaimed king of Pergamon with the title of Eumenes III. After four years of war (133–129 BC) he was defeated and captured by Rome. Pergamon was reorganized into the foundation of the province of Asia, and became one of the most wealthy provinces the Romans ever controlled. Because of the vast wealth of Asia, the province attracted the corrupt and greedy among the Senate, and its Governors were notorious for nearly a century after its acquisition."

"This sudden windfall had unforeseen, and perhaps unfortunate, consequences for the political situation in Rome, and the political reform movement of the Gracchi."

"Acquisition of Asia" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic#Punic_Wars

A map of the Roman Republic around 200 BCE :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/World_200_BCE.PNG

A map of the expansion of the Roman provinces in Asia :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Asia_minor_roman_power.jpg

2007-04-17 12:01:32 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0 0

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