Politically they relied on each other when they were challenged by the leaders of the poor people.
Gladiators.
gladiator
The coliseum in rome was made for entertainment purposes for the people of rome and its governers and emperor. Except the entertainment was gory , there were gladiators that slaughtered each other or they fought animals and loads of these people and animals died just to entertain the people of rome.
Rome and Carthage fought each other for the control of the Mediterranean trade. Whoever controlled the trade routs, controlled the wealth.
Yes, they did.
Rome was very tolerant of other religions. Rome was a mixture of people from all over the known ancient world.
If there you were a noncitizen you won't get the same as much as other people that were from Rome
The gladiators of ancient Rome fought large exotic animals and each other.
For dominance of the Western Mediterranean.
bt taking a poo on each other
Well other Medditeranean people and Rome was easy to trade because they were all probably on the coast and are all very close to each other tis makes it easier to trade.