<span>Hobbes believed that without the structure of law in society, we would resort to depravity and violence when needed to. If someone were to be in a desperate enough state, they would murder or steal for survival. Law helps to undo that.</span>
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Rome became the most powerful state in the world by the first century BCE through a combination of military power, political flexibility, economic expansion, and more than a bit of good luck. This expansion changed the Mediterranean world and also changed Rome itself.