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ancient Rome was powerfully affected by its geography. Being located on seven hills enabled the Romans to defend themselves from their earliest enemies. With these seven hills located astride the Tiber River, the Romans were able to control inland trade -- which made them wealthy. Since the Tiber flowed into the Mediterranean Sea, the Romans were necessarily a seafaring people, both for trade and for military purposes. And that their city was founded in the center of the Italian peninsula meant that they were well-placed to dominate the peoples both to their north and to their south.

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Rome's location favoured the growth of a big city. Rome was the product of the unification of settlements of a number of hills. People liked living on hills because they were easier to defend from raids. The hill and the valleys between them offered ample space for population growth. The volcanic rock of the hills gave good building material. Rome was also on the only Ford on the river Tiber, which made her the main north-south communication and trading centre in the region.

In the 4th and part of the 3rd centuries BC, Rome's geographic position made her vulnerable. She was attacked by neighbouring peoples, the Sabines, the Volsci and the Aequi and, at times, Etruscan cities. She spent this time defending herself and often fighting on two fronts. However, this strengthened the state ability to organise the army efficiently and to fight on more than one front at time, which proved useful to Rome later, when she expanded into Italy.

When Rome expanded around the Mediterranean, Italy offered a good geographic and strategic position as it was between the western and eastern basins of the Mediterranean

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The Roman culture is largely based off the ideas of the Greek and Etruscan civilizations. This is because of the proximity to these civilizations. Also being close to them meant they were early targets in Rome's conquests, first removing Greek, Etruscan and Samnite peoples from Italy and then moving to annex other neighbours such as Gaul and Carthage. Since they were on the Mediterranean they developed a strong navy and trading lanes which impacted the development of the Romans greatly.

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Rome was built on several Hilltops which made it much easier to defend. The river Tibers also provided a means of transportation and fresh water for the people of Rome.

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It affected it because of the cool water and mount ins around it.

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The Apennies are less rugged than then the mountain ranges of Greece.

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It couldn't be broken into pieces (unify), it had fertile lands to grow crops, and it was centrally located.

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Rome was/is built on 7 hills.

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