Sicilys

The political history of Italy is quite extensive. The Greeks were the first to settle in Italy and established colonies in the southern part of the country and in Sicily. There was not a sense of political reality as much as there was a civilization (Windows on Italy- History). While the Greeks controlled the south the Gauls, or Celtic people, ruled the north and the Po Valley. But the most important group to settle in Italy was the Etruscans. Because of their advanced civilization, the Etruscans were the only ones to establish political and cultural ideas before the Roman Empire (Windows on Italy- History). At the end of the Etruscans rule, Rome began a unification of Italy and established Latin to be the general language (Defusco).

After the Punic Wars, Rome controlled all of Italy, Sicily, much of Spain and part of Africa, as well as Greece and the eastern Mediterranean world. As you can see, at that time Rome and Carthage had very

In 264 B.C. the Romans became committed to their first over-seas conflict, when “Carthage attempted to gain control of the island of Sicily. The prospect of such a powerful neighbor only a few miles offshore from Italy worried the Romans. When Sicilian Greeks asked for Roman

After the Punic wars with Carthage, Rome acquired many new lands that it did not have before. During peace times it was easy to govern these areas but during war times it proved difficult.

Rome and U.S Italy’s whole country is about the same size of the state of North Carolina. Italy is 750 miles north to south and 150 miles east to west. North Carolina is 200 miles north to south and 800 miles east to west. Both Italy and U.S have mountains but the mountains divide Italy in half so it is harder to trade within the country in a short period of time. Italy is less rugged than Greece but more than the U.S. Italy is built on seven hills, just like Washington D.C.

The provinces such as Egypt, Sicily, and Tunisia were the processing provinces of grain forward Rome via Ostia. Olive oil and wine were among the most important product for making food for Romans as well as the ancient civilized world. Farmers in provinces donated surplus crops to the Roman government instead of a tax burden. This could be a free grain distribution- grain dole - to the poor. The need to secure grain provided by provinces was important to the Roman government that would lead to expanding of the Roman Empire.

Since Rome was a large territory a substantial amount of funding was used for military to protect the empire from invaders. In order, to enlarge the military the Romans began to hire foreign troops from their previously conquered enemies. These foreign soldiers

The history of Sicily, the largest island of the Mediterranean Sea, has been shaped by many different populations, which have dominated its territory mainly because of its strategic geographical position. The first populations on the Sicilian territory, according to the official history, were the Sicani, the Sicels and the Elymians, considered as the native populations of Sicily. After them, many other populations of the Mediterranean basin, such as Egyptians, Phoenicians and Iberians, stayed in Sicily. About 750 BC, the Greeks began to live in Sicily, establishing many important settlements. The Hellenic culture was well accepted by the local population, and the island became part of Magna Graecia. Meanwhile, Sicily has been disputed between Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans in the Punic Wars, which saw the victory of Rome. Hence, Sicily became a Roman province, being controlled by a Roman consul and spreading Roman culture and Latin language through the population (Norwhich, 2007, ch.V)

Sicily was thought to be uninvadable do to its heavy defenses. The island of Sicily was defended

Grain was an important part of everyday life, and Rome relied heavily on the provinces to supply the needed amount of grain. "The need to secure grain providing provinces was one of many important factors that would lead to the expansion and conquests of the Roman State." (UNRV., n.d.). One of the many reasons for the Roman conquests in the first place was to secure grain supplies. The provinces would supply grains to Rome at a lower price than Roman grain,

The ancient Rome Empire raises their empire by coquetting many lands by fighting and coquetting them. One on the things that made Rome special was their expansion of the territory. What was different of other empires is, when they conquer a foreign land, they let them keep their traditions and their own culture. Instead of teaching them religion and make them be a Roman, they made them swear fealty to Rome. Roma wanted to spread their territory and their trading zone. One example of this was the war of the Roman and the Carthaginians in 264 BC. After many battles of this war better know as the Punic Wars, finally the romans defeated the Carthaginians. It took 100 years to put and end to this war.

Rome's climate made it so they can grow crops. Also, the tiber river made it so the Romans could have fresh drinking water at water for crops . They have trade routes on the Mediterranean sea.The region had mild rainy winters and hot dry summers this climate made it possible for the region to develop a strong agricultural

In 467 BC Syracuse would win its freedom from tyrannical rule and become a democratic society. Most Greek states, seeing that this was possible, quickly followed suit. By 404 BC, at the end of the Peloponnesian war, Athens no longer had any influence on the island. (For more information on this war read Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War).

In 264 BC, Rome decided to intervene in a dispute on the western coast of Sicily. The dispute involved an attack by soldiers

Discuss how the provinces affected the general Roman economy The Roman provinces were the basic administrative unit of her territorial possessions outside of Italy. Their number increased steadily with the Roman expansion and subsequent division of existing, large provinces. The first Roman province, Sicily, was conquered after the First Punic War and the Senate decided that it had to be ruled by praetor; and this meant that every subsequent province was to be ruled by civil and not military law (Livius.org, 2017). By the end of the Republic, Rome had 31 provinces spreading from modern day Spain to Asia Minor. For Rome, the provinces served two broad purposes: as a buffer zone between the Capital and the barbarian world, and as a means for procuring funds for the army, via taxation.