What generalizations can you make about how geography helped put Rome on the path to becoming "the center of a mighty empire"?

sir thomas more, venerated in the catholic church as saint thomas more, was an english lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted renaissance humanist. he was also a councillor to henry viii, and lord high chancellor of england from october 1529 to 16 may 1532.

b. sec, foreign relations