- Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
This started the Vietnam War, where Vietnamese in small boats attacked USS <em>Maddox.</em>
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<span>A company expanding its business by buying a competing company.</span>
As Rome expanded, the people they conquered became their subjects. As such, the sheer size of Rome and the vast number of people (all of which came from different cultures with different religions and languages) made it hard for the government to successfully rule.