... was much greater than the Roman Empire due to its length of existence. This meant that the Romans had to be very careful when attempting to romanise these provinces as they could over power them. Each of the provinces would have their own set of rules and culture so for the Romans to make them more like Rome would appear as a blatant disrespect to their way of life. The eastern provinces were extremely useful due to their geographic position on the edge of the empire, providing Rome with the first line of defence from the Parthian Empire. As a result, these provinces were powerful allies to have and if at any point they were angered they could have been very dangerous enemies. The advantage in the provinces having cities and towns already built was that once a good Roman idea was formed, it would spread very quickly and trends ...

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