Anytime there is an empire, there are outlying regions of the empire that exist for the sole purpose of demonstration of power, as well as another source of wealth. The empires usually spread as far as they can. The new regions created are sometimes called provinces. In the following short paper, the provinces of the Roman empire and their effect on the Roman economy will be described. Rome had different provinces at varying times within the age of the Roman empire. Some years and decades Rome had more provinces, some years and decades, they had few. At the peak of Rome’s governance of provinces surrounding Rome, an abundance of wealth and material goods were being garnered from all the provinces. Rome walked a delicate line, as they did
