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The Roman Empire
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In 396 BC soldiers from a small Italian city called Rome captured the nearby city of Veii after a long war. Over the next 400 years, the Romans went on to build a vast empire that included many different races of people.
The Romans did not discriminate against people just because they were of a different race or believed in different gods. They encouraged the people they had conquered to adopt Roman customs. They also rewarded loyalty to the empire with citizenship and these people, whether they came from Africa or Syria, Greece or Gaul, thought of themselves as Romans. This is one reason why the Roman empire lasted so long. It was even possible for a man from the provinces to become emperor.
(A) GERMANIA
The Romans tried to conquer Germania but were defeated in 9 BC The warlike Germans often invaded the empire.
(B) AFRICA
At one time "Africa" was only the country around Carthage - a prosperous farming area.
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