How might being the center of trade benefit Rome?

Well, what I know is that by importing goods from other countries they raised their standard of living and were able to have many luxuries. The Romans used their network of roads and also waterways to transport goods from one country to another.

Explanation:

frederick william of brandenburg-prussia trained his son, frederick, to be a hardy soldier. but frederick disliked rifle shooting and horseback riding. unlike his father, he was interested in french literature. he enjoyed poetry and music and, like some others of the enlightenment, he scoffed at religion. his father thought him soft, frivolous and unmindful of his duties. and when frederick refused to put his signature on a right to succession, for a few moments his father strangled him.