The Growth of Rome
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C 2 36 Period of Foreign Conquest (266-146) and the Samnites and Lucanians joined the invader, but even in this searching time of trial most of the Greek towns of the south remained faithful. In 209 twelve out of thirty Latin colonies were obliged to refuse men and money from sheer exhaustion, but the northern colonies stood firm, and in the end the Italian Confederation completely justified itself. Never did a policy of wise incorporation win a greater success.
The fighting was not in one coun...try alone. Throughout the war the Romans had fighting on hand in Spain as well as in Italy. For this they had the great advantage over Carthage that they could transport their troops by sea through their supreme sea-power ; but the Carthaginian resistance was serious, and Rome's powers were strained to the utmost by the great defeat of 212 in Spain, in which two Roman commanders, Publius and Cornelius Scipio, were killed and a great army was destroyed. But the next year brought relief, for in Italy the Roman spirits were raised by the reduction of the rebellious city of Capua, while the younger P.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
C 2 36 Period of Foreign Conquest (266-146) and the Samnites and Lucanians joined the invader, but even in this searching time of trial most of the Greek towns of the south remained faithful. In 209 twelve out of thirty Latin colonies were obliged to refuse men and money from sheer exhaustion, but the northern colonies stood firm, and in the end the Italian Confederation completely justified itself. Never did a policy of wise incorporation win a greater success.
The fighting was not in one coun...try alone. Throughout the war the Romans had fighting on hand in Spain as well as in Italy. For this they had the great advantage over Carthage that they could transport their troops by sea through their supreme sea-power ; but the Carthaginian resistance was serious, and Rome's powers were strained to the utmost by the great defeat of 212 in Spain, in which two Roman commanders, Publius and Cornelius Scipio, were killed and a great army was destroyed. But the next year brought relief, for in Italy the Roman spirits were raised by the reduction of the rebellious city of Capua, while the younger P.
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