Analysis of Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome Ancient Rome became one of the largest empires in the ancient world. Ancient Rome was a civilization that began growing from the 8th century BC. The empire was founded on 753 BC. In 753 BC, Rome was founded. Ancient Rome’s daily life is often compared to be similar to ours. The geography of Ancient Rome was the one of the main reason for its success. Rome is in the Italian peninsula. Italy is filled with a lot of hills, mountains, plains and rivers. Rome was vulnerable to attacks because of the Italian peninsula sticking out into the Mediterranean sea. Eventually allowed Rome to control all of the land within the Mediterranean area. Ancient Rome had very fertile land. The rivers and oceans made it easier for Romans to trade supplies. The mountains would make it difficult to Romans to interact with other cultures. There were many farms in Ancient Rome due to the fertile land. The geography was good for the agriculture. Agriculture in Ancient Rome was considered as a necessity. The more land one person has, more important that person is in the city. The geography influenced the development of Rome. Ancient Rome was built on top of several hilltops. The hilltops helped them defend themselves. The Tiber River provided transportation to the people in Rome. It also provided fresh water for the people. Due to its location, Roman warriors spread the Roman influence and culture across southern Europe. Ancient Rome’s geography influenced the development of Rome. Roman Republic was the period of Roman civilization when the government started to act as a republic. Many Roman culture aspects were the same as the Greeks. Slaves and slave markets were a big part of society. The footwear Romans wore, indicated their social status. Like the Greeks, Roman boys were trained to fight. Girls were taught from their mothers how to spin, weave, and sew things. Romans had the same religious beliefs as the Greeks. Every household had an altar, in which the family members would pray to the gods. The Roman Republic government was a mixture of democracy, aristocracy, and a monarchy. It created three separate branches for each different type of government. Democracy was the legislative assemblies, aristocracy took form of the Senate, and monarchy took form of the consuls. People elected two Roman consuls every year. The Senate were the advisors for the two Roman consuls on foreign and military policies. There were two types of Roman assemblies. The Committee enacted laws and did judicial cases. The Council were a group of citizens, Plebeians, that did the same job as the Committee but only for the Plebeians. People in Ancient Rome were farmers. Most of the things they grew, they would sell in the markets. A lot of the farmers would live in small villages. Meanwhile the rich people, along with their slaves, would live in big towns. They would a lot of land and sometimes they would rent their land to farmers. Trading was also a big part of Ancient Rome. They would sell items overseas and also buy items overseas. For many centuries, the Roman army were the most fearsome fighting army on the western hemisphere. Due to the Roman army, it brought most of Europe. Middle East, and northern Africa under the control of Rome. The Roman Republic eventually fell and then the Roman Empire came about. The Roman Empire started right after the fall of the Roman Republic. The main reason Rome became an Republic was because the Romans wanted freedom from the kings. Julius Caesar stopped the Roman Republic when he became the sole leader of Rome. After Julius Caesar was the leader, Octavian became in charge. Under Octavian rule, also known as Augustus, Rome became an empire. The clothing in the Roman empire distinguished each social class from another. The Roman government tolerated most religion and cults as long as it doesn’t cause any problems. Many Romans practiced polytheism. Julius Caesar allowed Jewish people to worship in Rome. The invention of hydraulic mining allowed many Romans to execute mining operations. On the Roman coins, the picture of the ruling emperor appeared on the coin. The main reason the Roman Empire fell was because Rome was too large. There was so much land and not a lot of people. There weren’t enough of people to help defend the land. Also Rome lost a lot of money due to the raids that would happen. The Roman Empire slowly fell apart.