Rome's Fault Helped Make It A Great Power
The Romans often attributed their winner at building the big imperium of the ancient world to various virtues of their own . However , it seems their faults also played a part , or perhaps just one fault running beneath Tiber Valley that prepared the ground for the eternal metropolis . Rome ’s amazing empire would have been impossible without its geographic advantages , including a unchanging source of fresh water that could be bilk with repose ....