Rome being the epicenter of the Hellenistic period, they gradually grew to occupy all of the Mediterranean. With these conquered lands they enslaved all of the people except for their close neighbors. These slaves were sold to all people of Rome. They took over the workforce. Aristocrats would buy hundreds of slaves and use them for their benefit in their huge plantations "Latifundias." Since the small farmers were the backbone of Rome

Politically, Rome was using a city-state institution to govern their land. With money being the sole motivation for the politicians, aristocrats dominated the senate. The Plebians "poor people," wanted equal representation and demanded another house. They created the Tribal Assembly which the senate would have to confer with before they made their decisions. Since the rich didn't want to help the poor benefit they gradually stopped referring to the Assembly all together. This angered the Plebians and instead of foreign wars breaking out civil wars started instead. This was all driven by poverty mass political corruption. Thus the republic fell because of these causes.

The armies of Rome also started to lose moral strength and patriotic motivation. During the Punic Wars, the Roman army was made up of Roman civilians that owned land and could afford weapons. But after these wars, Rome decided to start a state funded army that provided weapons for its soldiers. Because of this soldiers lost their interest for their land and began to side with their military leaders then the Roman Republic. Military leaders promised their soldier's wealth and power if they sided with them. This brought on more civil wars be

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