Answer: to preserve the past
cite: The goal of a command economy is for governments - not private enterprises - to manage country economies. In a command economy (also known as a planned economy), government central planners determine what goods and services will be produced, the amount of goods and services produced, and at what cost to the consumer.
Well it depends what they are in need of. They most commonly would want more land for their country to build and farm on. They may want land with fertile soil for farming. They may want the land because of it's geography, for example, for simple trade routes leading to and from the areas around north America (Canada, Mexico) etc.
Rome took control of both Sicily and Corsica.
That was before the revolutionary war, but what are you asking???
