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During the wars against the Samnites of southern Italy (the Three Samnite Wars, 343-341 BC, 326- 304 BC and 298-290 BC) Rome made alliances with some peoples in central Italy to strengthen their position vis-a-vis the Samnites. At the end of the third war she forced the peoples who had fought against her in that war (the Samnites and the Umbrian and Senone Gauls of central Italy) into alliances. The Lucanians of southern Italy decided to ally with Rome. Rome annexed a coast-to coast strip of territory just south of the Umbrians and Senone Gauls and founded many colonies (settlements) at strategic points to establish a presence there and to control these areas.
With the alliances the peoples of central and southern Italy remained autonomous in exchange for proving auxiliary soldiers who fought alongside the Roman legions at their own expense. The system worked because Rome supported the ruling classes of these peoples and because they shared the spoils of war, which could be considerable. This system has been described as inviting the robbed peoples to join the gang of robbers for the text robberies. The allies provided 60% of the pool of pool of military manpower available. This was the largest pool in the whole of the Mediterranean.
Although territorial annexation was minimal, these areas of Italy could be seen as an empire through indirect rule. Although its peoples remained autonomous, Rome was the overlord and exercised tight control. The alliances were a more convenient system of control than annexation and were less likely to lead to rebellions.
In the first of the Three Punic Wars (264-241 BC, 218-201 BC, and 179-146 BC) Rome forced the Greek city-states of eastern and southern Sicily to become allies and seized the Carthaginian ports in western Sicily and Corsica and Sardinia, which had been Carthaginian possessions. In the Second Punic War, Rome took over the Carthaginian territories in southern Spain and made an alliance with Carthage's next door neighbours, the Numidians of Algeria, who defected to Rome. In the Third Punic War Rome destroyed Carthage and took over her remaining territories: Tunisia and western Libya. The first war was a dispute over Sicily. In second war Hannibal, the Carthaginian general invaded Italy. The third war was fought because Rome wanted to destroy Carthage. Though these wars Rome annexed territories which she ruled directly.
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I have to answer the same question for an essay at school. It's due in tomorrow (because I 'forgot' it) and I have no idea how to structure the essay. Help!!
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Britain wanted an empire so they could earn a lot of profit from Importing and Exporting things like tea, sugar, tobacco.
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Where did the british empire control an entire continent?
north America The British Empire controlled an entire continent in Australia. The British Empire was the largest empire in history.
How did the British empire lose land?
Why did The British Empire lose their land?
Why did rome want the british empire?
I think you mean "why did the Roman Empire want Britain." The British empire began in the 1600s, twelve hundred years after the Roman empire fell and two centuries after Byzantine, the eastern half was conquered. Rome wanted the isle of Briton because it was a nation of soldiers and conquers and they wanted land and more taxes, as well as something for their soldiers to do.
Was the Caribbean part of the British empire?
Yes. It joined the British Empire in 1625 ;P
Are most of the countries that are in the Commonwealth were part of the British Empire?
They were all part of the British Empire
