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Rome's Enemies

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It's no secret that Rome was an expansionist power that fought foreign powers on sometimes slight provocation and then annexed the loser's territory. Occasionally, Rome faced a greater threat, a foreign invader. All those foreign powers were led by figures who were enemies of Rome.
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Boudicca and Her ChariotBoudiccaAttila MapAttila EmpireMór Than's painting The Feast of Attila, based on a fragment of Priscus.Feast of AttilaHannibal and His Elephants Cross the Alps
Stater of Vercingetorix (72 B.C.-46 B.C.), chieftain of the Arverni.VercingetorixPhoto of Mithridates, from an 1889 edition of "Coins of the Ancients", plate #60.Mithridates of Pontus

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