How did geography influence the greek roman civilizations ?
Roman expansion proved to be ultimately hindered by geography, so this is an interesting question. To break it down succinctly we shall focus on the four directions: West : expansion was halted by the ocean South: arid desert regions such as central Africa and the middle east seemed to halt expansion. They had a keen interest in what is now modern Egypt, Morocco, and Libya for they had significant coast line and Egypt was the grain center of the empire and therefore strategically very important, Egypt also possessed one of the largest ports in the Mediterranean basin, short of Caesarea in Judea (present day Israel) East: As for The Middle East; Roman penetration extended as far as modern day Iraq. This expansion was accomplished through the Dacian conquests of Trajan. The Dacian conquests had a significant economic stimulus affect in the early 2nd century A.D. ; which fueled an era of fantastic architectural achievements; the Pantheon and Trajan’s forum being just a couple examples. Ho
