06-02-2013, 10:31 AM
Hi Sean,
you are right in that most emperors dont like too much popular or too powerfull generals,but in generall terms Republican rome had a lot of "civilized"territory around Mediterranean Sea to expand,with developed economies,cities to hold, and so on.When Empire emerged, they had already reached territories which were lacking this kind of infrastructure(with some notable exceptions of course),and also reached limits of what they were able to effectively control.Moreover-feeling this, emperors like Augustus and Hadrian didnt even want to expand the Empire any significantly anymore.They want it as it was, in the frontiers they believed are good to mantain and defend and not overstretching their powers.Romans always believed that once they wuld be secure enough another great conquest to the north and est will come in time.
you are right in that most emperors dont like too much popular or too powerfull generals,but in generall terms Republican rome had a lot of "civilized"territory around Mediterranean Sea to expand,with developed economies,cities to hold, and so on.When Empire emerged, they had already reached territories which were lacking this kind of infrastructure(with some notable exceptions of course),and also reached limits of what they were able to effectively control.Moreover-feeling this, emperors like Augustus and Hadrian didnt even want to expand the Empire any significantly anymore.They want it as it was, in the frontiers they believed are good to mantain and defend and not overstretching their powers.Romans always believed that once they wuld be secure enough another great conquest to the north and est will come in time.
