#1 How large was the Roman Empire and what made it so culturally global?

How large was the Roman Empire from the days of Julius Caesar (ca. 50 BCE) to Constantine (ca. 300 CE) and what made it so culturally global?

Image: Cleopatra of Alexandria, the last ruling figure of the dynasty of Alexander's general Ptolemy. Cleopatra ruled In Alexandria until Rome's conquest of Egypt in the decades before Jesus.

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