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Rome was better off as an empire. One of the factors that affected my reasoning is the fact that Rome allowed it's people to live by their own rules and didn't force anything on them. They respected everyones rights, and let them believe in who they wanted to, they realized that not everyone was going to think the same way. As a republic, the government and the people had a lot of differences and disagreements. When Rome expanded and became an empire, all the issues of the republic seemed to no longer exist or matter. Their was more opportunities for the people, even the ones that had been added to the empire by the means of roman conquest. This allowed them to go on with their lives, and their really wasn't much changes. Rome was expanding and there fore was respected as a large empire. The Roman army protected the empire from intruding forces, so there wasn't much for the people to have to worry about. The Empire definently made Rome a lot better off.