Rome Thesis
Cortney Hokanson
Rome Thesis Paper
Hour 6
Fish and Nyberg
The United States is a House of Cards The Roman Empire was like a house of cards. With one blow, the whole structure fell, and it was impossible to rebuild it to be exactly the way it was before. Rome was powerful, grew fast and furious, and needed to be divided into two empires, the Western and the Eastern. Neither of the two could hold as much success that Rome originally had, and eventually, they both went crashing down. A big reason it crashed was because of their different economies. There are many places and countries, specifically the United States, that is destined to the same fate as the Roman Empire because our economy, similar to theirs, has two cultures. Military and civilian. …show more content…
“More and more military defences had to be built across the whole empire. This cost money that Rome did not have. To pay for these, taxes were increased and extra coins were minted. This lead to inflation causing prices to rise. Therefore, the people of Rome were less than favourable towards those who led them...with threats from tribes in northern Europe, financial problems in Rome itself and a civilian population becoming more and more discontented, Rome could ill afford further major issues.” (Trueman, 2016). The civilians suffered because of Rome’s military advancements that they could not afford. The military fell apart causing civilians to distance themselves from Rome. They crashed because of the differences of these two cultures. The United States can compare to Rome because, “the Vietnam War severely damaged the U.S. economy...the war in Vietnam deeply split the Democratic Party...today, decades after the war ended, the American people remain deeply divided.” (Mintz, S., & McNeil, S. 2016). The wars that the United States military fights deeply damages the civilization. The country becomes divided largely into Republican and Democratic, conservative and liberal, or “hawks” and “doves”. Although we are the “United” States, it can be argued in some cases that we are the “Divided” States. The Roman military divided their country and the United States military is slowly, but surely, doing the same thing to their country. Rome fell, and the United States is still standing, but because of our differences in cultures and the effects they have on one another, we will eventually fall as
Rome Thesis Paper
Hour 6
Fish and Nyberg
The United States is a House of Cards The Roman Empire was like a house of cards. With one blow, the whole structure fell, and it was impossible to rebuild it to be exactly the way it was before. Rome was powerful, grew fast and furious, and needed to be divided into two empires, the Western and the Eastern. Neither of the two could hold as much success that Rome originally had, and eventually, they both went crashing down. A big reason it crashed was because of their different economies. There are many places and countries, specifically the United States, that is destined to the same fate as the Roman Empire because our economy, similar to theirs, has two cultures. Military and civilian. …show more content…
“More and more military defences had to be built across the whole empire. This cost money that Rome did not have. To pay for these, taxes were increased and extra coins were minted. This lead to inflation causing prices to rise. Therefore, the people of Rome were less than favourable towards those who led them...with threats from tribes in northern Europe, financial problems in Rome itself and a civilian population becoming more and more discontented, Rome could ill afford further major issues.” (Trueman, 2016). The civilians suffered because of Rome’s military advancements that they could not afford. The military fell apart causing civilians to distance themselves from Rome. They crashed because of the differences of these two cultures. The United States can compare to Rome because, “the Vietnam War severely damaged the U.S. economy...the war in Vietnam deeply split the Democratic Party...today, decades after the war ended, the American people remain deeply divided.” (Mintz, S., & McNeil, S. 2016). The wars that the United States military fights deeply damages the civilization. The country becomes divided largely into Republican and Democratic, conservative and liberal, or “hawks” and “doves”. Although we are the “United” States, it can be argued in some cases that we are the “Divided” States. The Roman military divided their country and the United States military is slowly, but surely, doing the same thing to their country. Rome fell, and the United States is still standing, but because of our differences in cultures and the effects they have on one another, we will eventually fall as