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rome 2
Title: rome 2
Category: History
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rome 2
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The Roman Empire grew / to surpass all previous ones/ into the strongest empire that the world had ever seen. It was described in the Bible as a terrible and frightening and very powerful beast with large iron teeth that crushed and devoured its victims and trampled underfoot whatever was left (Daniel 7.7). But to become this powerful beast, Rome had to build its empire by defeating other civilizations. in order to …showed first 75 words of 651 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 651 total…entire island. However, it became apparent to Rome that if the Romans were to win further victories they would have to gain control of the seas, Carthage’s strongpoint (Doley 8).
How the Romans responded to this problem is an example of their willingness to respond to new situations. Polybius tells the story of how a Carthaginian vessel ran aground and was captured by the Romans and used as a model to construct their entire fleet (17).
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