Roman Conquests Research Paper

Romanization Of The Roman Conquests By Liam Lurker

What is Romanization? It can be best seen when this process was starting for the most part in conquered societies like Britain and Gaul, where policy from the top helped with the increase in the Roman population of the province through the establishment of older colonies. Without Romanization our world would be very different, Roman culture as a whole wouldn’t have impacted us like it has without Romanization.

Without Romanization the world would be fundamentally different we wouldn’t have as diverse culture as we do now. The Latin language was spread. All those who wanted to trade in Roman markets had to be able to write in Latin. Certainly, just after the conquests mostly native languages were being spoken. However the extent of power that the Romanization process had quickly changed that fact. In the eastern part of the Empire, Latin was competing with Greek and winning. Which largely gave its position as the most spoken language some credence and helped modern day historians understand why it was spreading to new areas so quickly. Latin became prominent in certain areas around
First Roman troops would be repurposed for labor and construction of the settlement or city. After the layout was under construction, attention would be turned to the people and their culture. After sufficient research was conducted, the people of the settlement would be intermingled with other romans, and introduced to their culture to create a somewhat Roman settlement with roman laws and Roman/indigenous gods. After all the above was completed the indigenous people were able to rise in power and get better standings thourgh the roman government, abit-via acculturation that mostly proceeded from the top down, with the upper classes adopting Roman culture first and the old ways lingering for the longest among peasants in outlying