Why can we say that 146 BCE was crucial in the formation of the Roman Empire, perhaps more than any other single year?

It’s one of only four known Roman camps in the Netherlands and was really just a rest stop between larger fortifications.

Kaldellis writes, “The history of the New Roman Empire is one of the most fascinating tales in human history. It is at times Biblical, taking its cue from scriptural archetypes, and at times heroic, ...