Title:
MOTIVES FOR IMPERIALISM: A CASE STUDY OF ROME (510-272BC)

Authors:
Sophia Patience Graham ,Ghana.

Abstract:
Motives of Roman imperialism in the republican era have generated debate among scholars who criticize and counter-criticize one another. The debate has often been speared by two schools of thought being the defensive and the offensive schools of thought. Whiles the defensive school of thought view motives of Roman imperialism as purely self protective mechanism, others like Harris (2005) view Roman imperialism as being offensive and think RomanWars brought tangible economic benefits that influenced decision to go to war. The paper sought to explore the motives for Roman imperialism during the early republican era only which took place between 510-272 BC with emphasis on the Samnite and the Pyrrhic Wars.