When people think of Rome, they tend to unknowingly think of a period of Roman expansion from like 200BC to 1AD where Egypt and Greece were independently ruled

When people think of Rome, they tend to unknowingly think of a period of Roman expansion from like 200BC to 1AD where Egypt and Greece were independently ruled for some time before Rome conquered both, which also happens to be near the start of Christianity. That's why "Rome/Egypt/Greece" is a thing.