One of the ways the senate and house of representatives are different is that the

senate members are chosen by the state legislatures

senate members must run more often for re-election

house of representatives can introduce revenue bills

house of representatives can approve foreign treaties

first, the romans stayed isolated because they had to defend their own territories from neighboring cities that were harassing them, like the etruscans. second, once the romans managed to defeat their neighbors, and started to expand their territory, they started to build roads and bridges. finally, now that the romans have covered their territory with roads functioning as highways, they could mobilize their legions faster to assemble larger military units in a specific place.

stewards ice box was the purchase of alaska from russia and it was called that because people thought it was not a good idea to purchase alaska