Ancient discovery or mystery,Rome and the Struggle for Latium

By the launch of the fourth century BCE, Rome was no longer the fragile youthful Republic fighting for survival. It was tougher, more systematized, and more ambitious. But it still was n't dominant. Latium the region south of the Tiber and east to the Apennines was a patchwork of independent megacity- countries, lines, leagues, and shifting alliances. Rome was only one player in a crowded