How did the romans conquer so much land? they used the roman army to invade and take the land. they paid people to leave their land so they could take it. they dropped bombs and killed the people who lived there.

montesquieu took the view that the roman republic had powers separated so that no one could usurp complete power. in the british constitutional system, montesquieu discerned a separation of powers among the monarch, parliament, and the courts of law.

an expansion is one of two basic business cycle phases; the other is contraction. the transition from expansion to contraction is a peak, and the changeover from contraction to expansion is a trough.