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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