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The Romans did not usually impose heavy tax burdens on the cities they conquered |
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The geography of the Italian peninsula had a decisive influence on Rome's development |
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The Romans were descended from various Indo- European peoples that had crossed the Alps into Italy during the second millennium B.C. |
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The Romans were a sternly military society almost from the moment they settled on Italian soil |
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The Romans looked to their gods to bestow upon their households and their city the blessings of prosperity, victory, and fertility |