<span>Communism seemed to threaten the basic values that many Americans held. Some people worried that Communists in America were getting into positions of power in politics and the entertainment industry.- APEX</span>
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Rome became the most powerful state in the world by the first century BCE through a combination of military power, political flexibility, economic expansion, and more than a bit of good luck. This expansion changed the Mediterranean world and also changed Rome itself.
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