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Imperialism is often caused by struggles in the homeland. Rome and the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, both projected and diverted the stresses of rapid urban growth abroad. The chief problems were sociological, political and administrative. Investigating them takes us from palaces to banlieues and from temples and theatres to taverns.
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