How did Geography play a role in rome's orginsItaly is an important location in the middle of the mediterranean sea. Italy is shaped like a boot to those who dont know how Italy looks like. :)
The heel point to Greece and there is an island called sicily , the heel loks like it's kicking sicily. At the top of the boot are the Alps mountains , which keeps Italy separated from European lands. Italy had better farmlandsand more people mountains slopes made it easier to grow crops. Reachers have very few info of the first people in Italy. It's been said people from the north crossed the alps mountains and settled in Italy. The pople spoke latin and they built the city of Rome in plains of Latium.
Why were Roman rulers shrewd?The Romans were smart planers :)
Once they expanded throughout Italy they had soldiers settled there and they built roads to travels easier. The romans created the Roman Confederation and gave full citizenship to latins and other people . you had 2 options:
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