During the republic how did Rome treat the people that they conquered?

Answer 1

They were left with their culture intact and there own government as is except that it was pledged to the republic/empire. They immediatly had all the advantages of citizenship but also all the draw backs( taxes military service etc)

Answer 2

Pretty much the way we treat immigrants today: they could earn their citizenship, or marry into it, or buy it, yadda yadda. Remember, history repeats itself. Eventually, all those folks the romans allowed in burned their empire to the ground, not once but several times. There was also a fair amount of slavery too, I should point out. But every slave, by law, could one day be a free Roman, w/ all the perks thereof. And if not they themselves, then their children.

Answer 3

The Roman way was to convert the people in the lands they conquered into the Roman way of doing things, once you played ball you were fairly left alone.

Any sign of rebellion and you got stamped down hard.