Wasn’t it because they where small and could fit in small places. I took the test a while ago so I don’t remember that much so if i’m wrong sorry
Through time they changed it based on problems on hand, and the changes through time.
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The Battle of Veii was a battle between the Romans, who were led by Marcus Furius Camillus, who had been elected dictator, and the Etruscan city of Veii. Veii had engaged the Romans in a long and inconclusive war during which it was often under siege.
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Battle of Veii.
Date:396 BC
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The areas with the federalist majority were mostly found along the Atlantic seacoast as these areas had much more trade and merchants.
Moreover, most of the first cities to be settled, were on the Atlantic coast and because of this, the biggest part of the population lived in those cities when the federalist party first formed.