The Last Kings of Rome and the Foundation of the Roman Republic
Tides of History
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The Peer-Poverty Interaction of Central Italy
Central Italy is a great example of what's called peer-poverty interaction. A sizable group of political units compete with one another on a roughly level playing field. The divisions in these cases tend to be more political and aristocratic rather than ethnic or ideological. This helps explain why Rome as a part of this system didn't rise before it eventually did.
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