The roman legal system ensured the rule of law, the roman army kept the borders safe from marauders and the roman navy kept the seas free from pirates.
In addition, the mountains and rivers helped make areas of the country defensible against nomads and marauders. Therefore, it became a center of early and advanced civilization.
A week before, he had come upon them. In the ensuing battle he had lost two of his own men, but the punishment inflicted upon the marauders had been severe almost to extinction.
By this time day was dawning, the whole population, soldiers and burghers, men, women, and children, were thronging about the little band of marauders, and assailing them with every weapon and every missile to be found.
Bands of young men, like the marauders in the great strike of whom I told you just now, armed themselves and drilled, and began on any opportunity or pretence to skirmish with the people in the streets.