Answer: Rome's location on the Italian peninsula, and the Tiber River, provided access to trade routes on the Mediterranean Sea. As a result, trade was an important part of life in ancient Rome. ... Later, the Roman armies used these same routes to conquer large amounts of territory and expand the empire along the Mediterranean.
Explanation:
Winfield Scott, a General-in-Chief for the U.S. Union Army, came up with the Anaconda Plan to blockade the Southern waterways of the Mississippi and patrol the Mississippi river, in an attempt to split Confederate forces. The main drawback of the plan, although initiated from the onset, was that is was nearly an impossible task to accomplish due to the size of the Mississippi River.
