Rome's victories in the Pyrrhic wars had given her control over the Italian peninsula by two seventy two BC.

罗马赢得皮洛士战争也就使她有了对意大利半岛的控制权那是在公元前272年。

This loss of power instigated a  major shift on the Italian peninsula.

这种权力的丧失引发了意大利半岛的重大转变。

But when the Huns and Germanic peoples began their invasions of the Italian peninsula, it generated one of the ancient world's greatest refugee crises.

但当匈奴人和日耳曼人开始入侵意大利半岛时，它引发了古代世界其中一次最大的难民危机。

This slow and steady expansion eventually lead to the Romans' domination of the Italian peninsula and the entire Mediterranean Sea, where they conquered the Greeks, Egyptians, and Carthaginians.

通过这种缓慢而稳定的扩张，罗马人最终控制了意大利半岛和整个地中海，他们征服了希腊人、埃及人和迦太基人。