The Karankawa built portable homes because they were nomads or people who moved from place to place looking for food and resources. Also a primary characteristic of a Karankawa home was that it was temporary, portable or both. ... Portable or temporary homes made life easier for the tribes, because they moved around so they were always living in an area where food and resources were plentiful.
The rich lands of Gaul were a huge and valuable asset for the Empire. By stabilising the territories under imperial control and giving rights to new Romans he set the conditions for later expansion that would make Rome one of history’s great empires.
