Rome
Rome became an enormous imperial state that encompassed the Mediterranean basin and included parts of continental Europe, Britain, North Africa and the Middle East. Although Rome’s central locations in the Mediterranean basin provided a convenient launching pad for the empire. It was the army that built the empire solely because they were well trained, well fed, and well rewarded.
The problem was how big can the empire gets with maintaining all control of those areas. That was a problem for Rome, How does one ruler control Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. This did not stop Rome from continuing to expand.
Rome was originally ruled by a king, Roman aristocrats around 509 B.C.E. threw off the monarchy and established a republic in which the wealthy class dominated. With this political system and these values, the Romans launched their empire building enterprise. This process took about 500 years.
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