Significance of Rome / Egypt to each other

• For Rome

  natural resources

  political potential

  wealth

  location
• Natural resources

  Egypt full of natural resources due to fertile soil next to Nile
• Political potential


  could harness potential of Egypt for their own political gain
• Wealth


  could harness potential of Egypt for their own political gain
• Location

  appealing politically and economically for Rome, trade ports bc of Nile and Mediterranean