Archaeologists Find Athenian Naval Base

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Part of the genius, intentional or accidental, of Roman expansion in Italy was the way they incorporated entire communities into becoming "Romans."  There were no wholesale slaughters nor mass enslavements.  Generally, the nobility of the conquered region was brought into the fold and individuals who were particularly useful were made citizens.  The Romans had a massive manpower pool by the start of the 2d Punic War.  One of Hannibal's great miscalculations was his idea that all he had to do was show up in Italy and the "conquered" Italian states would rebel against Rome.  Generally speaking, that did not happen.