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Compare And Contrast Rome And Greek Empires

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Ancient Greece and Rome were very successful in both of their empires and how they expanded. However, Ancient Greece and Rome are quite diverse whenever you see how they created their empires and how they overall lived their lives.

In 753 BC, The Ancient Roman Empire strived and conquered with power. They had many civil wars which included bloody battles and aggressive politics. Rome began to grow rich and powerful in a few hundred years. By 117 AD, The Roman Empire had expanded to all of Italy, lots of land around the Mediterranean, Europe, and parts of Scotland as well. They were able to conquer all this land due to their powerful army. And with conquering many countries far away without transportation, Rome’s army would march up to 40km a day!

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