Rome+spreads+its+powersc

For hundreds of years rome sought to expand its territories through trade and conquest. Finally rome conquers central italy, its power grew. The romans were masters of most of italy but they had different laws and treated some parts differently and there latin neighbors on the tiber became full citizens of rome. people enjoyed all the rights of being a citizen of rome. Rome did not mess with there allies as long as they supplied troops for there army and didn't make treaties of friendship with any other state. Rome's location was very lucky it gave it easy access to the riches of the mediterranean sea. The roman merchants moved to one land then another and would trade roman wine and olive oil for all types of different food, raw materials and manufactured goods from other lands however powerful cities interfered with roman access to the mediterranean. One of the cities that would disturb them would be Carthage.