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Could the rise of Rome have occurred much earlier than OTL?

If Rome became independent from the Etruscans earlier, and started waging campaigns of expansion 100, 200 years earlier, could they have obtained a sort of dominance over the Mediterranean Basin that they enjoyed under Emperor Augustus and later, except by 100 BC or even 200 BC?

How early can we stretch it, and how fast could Rome expand with a POD after the founding of that city in 753 BC?

For example, maybe an earlier adoption of the maniple from the Samnites, but much later, also an earlier replacement of the maniple with the legion? (Marius himself wouldn't exist, but similar ideas could appear)
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