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Originally Posted by eMachine
of course roman empire, oldest and greatest but did you add only old empires? maybe we are missing ottoman emipre too... if you do not vote olds then gotta add ottomans... maybe you dont want and like ottoman empire  |
During both the Persian Empire and Alexander's Empire the Romans were still a small city-state waging war with the Etruscans, Latins, and the Gauls. Not to mention there were many political problems, because the Plebs and the Patricians were "upset" with each other.
Rome didn't trully leave the Italian Peninsula until the 2nd Punic War.