Cultural Changes

The effect of Roman expansion changed the lay of the government and this, in effect, trickled down to begin to change the way Romans viewed the world.
 * maintaining professional military
 * ​permanent garrisons need stocking (with food and weapons and pay)
 * veterans want to be settled and taken care of
 * movement into cities (particularly Rome)
 * influx of tremendous wealth
 * building boom; growth of vast houses in Italy
 * citizens relocating to colonies (particularly Spain, and Africa)
 * shift towards latifundia (slave-run plantations)
 * increasing growth of needs for slaves; influx of wealth created impetus to continue to expand, the more you have the more you want; fuel the lifestyle of elite Romans (needs to keep growing to keep going)
 * exposure to Greek culture
 * Theatre imported into Greece
 * Cult of Bacchus meteoric rise (banned at one point)
 * influx and imitation of Greek literature on the rise