http://www.historynet.com/major-differences-between-roman-and-greek-culture.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Thu, 23 May 2013 09:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.historynet.com/major-differences-between-roman-and-greek-culture.htm#comment-815427 Robert Kapanjie Fri, 10 Aug 2012 00:51:55 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/?p=13685815#comment-815427 Rome I believe did not export wheat but imported it and was dependent on Egypt for that commodity. Egypt of the Ptolomies was the breadbasket of the Roman empire. That is why Rome took it over after the demise of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony. Rome's senate stopped governing and resorted to internecine struggles in the first century B C E . As so often happens a republic's collapse is succeeded by a military autocracy, in Rome's case it was Augustus Cesar Although Rome grew by conquest its great success was that it did not subjugate the conquered peoples,rather it offered them the opportunity to join the empire and become Roman citizens.Few refused this enlightened offer. . Rome I believe did not export wheat but imported it and was dependent on Egypt for that commodity. Egypt of the Ptolomies was the breadbasket of the Roman empire. That is why Rome took it over after the demise of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony.
Rome's senate stopped governing and resorted to internecine struggles in the first century B C E . As so often happens a republic's collapse is succeeded by a military autocracy, in Rome's case it was Augustus Cesar
Although Rome grew by conquest its great success was that it did not subjugate the conquered peoples,rather it offered them the opportunity to join the empire and become Roman citizens.Few refused this enlightened offer. .

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