Gaius Julius Caesar. Roman statesman, general, author, famous for the conquest of Gaul and his subsequent coup d'état. He changed the Roman republic into a monarchy and laid the foundations of a truly Mediterranean empire.
Hiiiiooo so The main reason why Truman asked Congress for funds for Greece and Turkey was because these two countries were "threatened with Communist takeovers," since this took place during the Cold War. The Congress had given some free aid to Greece and Turkey to support their economies and their military force
It took only 77 years. I am counting from the independence in 1776 until the Gadsden Purchase in 1853. (the last purchase was small and the continental US had almost it's present size in 1848 with Mexican Cession.
To move armies across this territories