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Rome, which was initially a small Italian city-state, evolved into a world power by both assimilating and conquering other societies. |
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Rome could not have developed into a world power from a small Italian city-state if it had not been able to conquer other societies and assimilate them. |
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What led Rome to emerge as a world power was the assimilation of various societies it conquered, otherwise it would have remained as a small Italian city-state. |
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The reason why Rome turned into a world power from a small Italian city-state is that it placed a higher priority on the assimilation of other societies than on their conquest. |
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Rome, which was a small Italian city-state at the very beginning, conquered and assimilated other societies that had been struggling to become a world power. |