Complex sentence: It was usually acquired by expropriation from Rome's enemies, and in the earliest periods of Roman expansion in central Italy, the "ager publicus" was used for Roman and (after 338 BC) Latin colonies.
Split into simpler sentences: It was usually acquired by expropriation from Rome's enemies. In the earliest periods of Roman expansion in central Italy, the "ager publicus" was used for Roman and (after 338 BC) Latin colonies.