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The treaty stated that "there shall be peace between the Romans and all the communities of Latins as long as heaven and Earth endure."
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Rome's Conquest of the Italian Peninsula was complete, however it expansion came at a great cost.
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The First Punic War started in 264 B.C.E. and was fought mostly at sea. Carthage had a very powerful army, but the Romans had a more powerful army because their soldiers were more trained.
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The Second Punic War started 23 years later than the first. Hannibal surprised the Romans by marching his army across the Alps into Italy. His troops braved snowstorms and landslides as well as attacks by local tribes.
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The Romans burned Carthage to the ground. They killed many people and sold others into slavery. Rome was now the greatest power in the Mediterranean Region controlling North Africa, Macedonia, Greece and much of Spain.
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Roman conquest had brought considerable wealth to the city of Rome, but the had also put the ideals of the Republic under great strain, which was not good. By the end of Romes third period of expansion the Republic collapsed.
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Pompey was back in Rome, while Caesar commanded an amry in the north of Italy across the Rubicon River. Both Pompey and Caesar wanted to control Rome but Pompey had the support of the Roman Senate. The Roman the Senate forbid Caesar to enter Italy with his army. Caesar disobeyed the senate and crossed the Rubicon River with his army. After five years of fighting Caesar finally defeated Pompey and the senate names him dictator for life.
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Caesar had a vision of Rome as a great empire. He started new colonies and granted citizenship to the people of cities in Gaul and Spain. Caesar did not live to see his vision come true. On March 15, 44 B.C.E. Caesar was stabbed to death as he was entering the Senate.
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Constantine had a vision of a cross hanging in the sky and around the cross was a sign that stated: "In this sign, you will conquer." Later that night he had a dream about Jesus and the emperor interpreted that his dream meant that if he accepted Christian beliefs he would win the war. Constantine's soldiers went into war with the first two letters of the word Christ. Rome won a great victory and from that moment on Constantine favored the Christian God. It became the offical relgion in 380 C.E.
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It was the end of the western Roman Empire and the fall of Ancient Rome. Romes last emperor Romulus Augustus was defeated by the German Goth Oddoacer. This signals he start of the dark ages in Europe.
